BENEFIT BUFFET AND FUNDRAISER
DEBBIE (FORD) DAVIAU
DEBBIE HAS BEEN FIGHTING BREAST CANCER FOR ALMOST A DECADE NOW. SHE, HER HUSBAND KEVIN AND FAMILY HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO KEEP HER FIGHTING BUT THEY ARE NOW SEEKING YOUR HELP TO GET THEM THROUGH THIS TOUGH TIME.
THIS BENEFIT IS TO HELP RAISE MONEY TO DEFRAY THE RISING COSTS OF HER NEEDING TO GET TO WORCESTER MANY TIMES A WEEK, PRESCRIPTION COPAYS, TIME OUT OF WORK AND GENERAL EXPENSES THAT SEEM TO KEEP BUILDING WHILE THEY SPEND MORE TIME AT DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS AND HOSPITALS.
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT THAN TO HELP SOMEONE WHO IS SO IN NEED OF IT. SHE HAS LIVED, WORKED AND RAISED A FAMILY HERE, WE SHOULD TRY OUR BEST TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN AND SHE IS ONE OF US.
HER FUNDRAISER IS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST FROM 2 - 6 PM AT TJ O’BRIENS. WE HAVE TICKETS FOR SALE AT $20.00 PER PERSON FOR THE BUFFET. WE WILL HAVE A RAFFLE TABLE AND ARE HOPING THAT DEB WILL BE UP TO BEING THERE TO THANK THE MANY OF YOU WHO HAVE AND WILL HELP HER IN THIS COURAGEOUS BATTLE.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT TJ O’BRIENS, RTE. 20, or DICK FORD AT 508-320-5019 or TRISH BOURASSA AT 774-230-0174
The Giving Tree at Susan’s Secret Garden is decorated and ready for customers to choose a “wish” from a child in our area and provide that item. For the past 6 years Susan has worked with a social worker to find children in Sturbridge and surrounding towns who won’t have a visit from Santa without the help of the very generous people who visit Susan’s Secret Garden.
Last year the Giving Tree project collected over 400 gifts of clothing, toys and gift cards for groceries. The results were that 18 households were filled with squeals of joy on Christmas morning, 35 children didn’t wonder why Santa didn’t stop at their house, and 21 parents now see the world as a kinder place where strangers reach out and show compassion.
Since starting the Giving Tree project everyone at Susan’s Secret Garden has had a front row seat to watch miracles happen. The people who come back year after year to help are so excited to be part of the project that they begin asking in August if the children’s wishes are ready.
Susan receives letters and cards from the families asking her to thank the “angels” and “elves” that helped their children.
This year the Giving Tree has 50 children counting on compassionate strangers to make the magic happen. Susan is asking that angels and elves stop by when they have a minute and read some of the wishes on the tree. Some requests are as simple as a doll, a truck or just a pair of mittens.
Gifts need to be returned to Susan’s Secret Garden by December 8th in order to have time to organize and deliver gifts to the families.
Boy Scout Troop 161
Sturbridge Mass.,
Sponsor: Sturbridge Firefighters Benefit Association
2008: Our 54th year of Scouting in Sturbridge
Press Release: Immediate Boy Scout can drive to support REAS
Sturbridge: Boy Scout Troop 161, sponsored by the Sturbridge Firefighters Association will be holding a can drive during the month of November in support of the REAS Foundation. REAS is the Residential Energy Assistance for Seniors Foundation a nonprofit group established to assist Sturbridge Elderly with heating assistance this winter. All returnable bottles and cans collected by the Scouts during the month of November will be donated to the REAS foundation.
The Can drive will run the full month of November and residents can drop off their donations at the collection box at the Sturbridge Recycling Center or at the community wide can drive to be held on Saturday, November 22, 9 am to 1 pm at the Sturbridge Public Safety Complex on 346 Main Street. Scouts as well as members of the Sturbridge Fire Department will be on hand to collect returnable bottles and cans.
Tom Chamberland firefighter and Chartering Organizational Representative to Boy Scout troop 161 said “I am proud the troop decided to participate in supporting REAS and the senior citizens of Sturbridge. The troop routinely collects cans to fund their trips and the boy scouting program in Sturbridge. Helping others is a key premise of the Boy Scouts of America, and this is a great lesson and community project for the scouts.”
Thomas Creamer, Executive Director of REAS, said of the Boy Scout involvement “The fact that the Boy Scouts wanted to pitch in and be part of this important community fund raising opportunity was no surprise to us. The selflessness with which they are approaching the project is what we all hope to see in all of our young people. We are gratified and encouraged by their participation.”
Tom Chamberland
25 Bennetts Rd
Sturbridge MA 01566
(4.33 out of 5)
Loading ...
Loading ...