Rotary and United Church Sponsor
Dinner for Ukrainian Relief, March 19
The Ludlow Rotary Club and the United Church of Ludlow are combining efforts to raise money for humanitarian relief of the besieged people of the Ukraine on Saturday, March 19 at the United Church, located at the corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets.
According to Linda Thomson, they plan to serve a lasagna dinner. The cost will be $15 per person – or whatever generous donation the diner wishes to make. "This is sort of an 'Eat So Others Can Eat' affair to help the struggling people in the Ukraine", noted Thomson.
Illustrating how much the Ukrainian situation has mobilized the area community, the following groups have volunteered to help with the dinner:
• Black River Produce will be donating all the vegetables for the salad.
• Vermont Family Farms - Springfield Donating beef for lasagna
• Okemo Valley Women's Club for dessert, brownies
• Reading Greenhouse - Flowers
• Kids from Cavendish will be preparing Sun Flower seed packets that they will be having for sale at the dinner
• The Culinary Arts Department of the River Valley Technical Center in Springfield is going to bake bread
• Members of the Ludlow Rotary, United Church, and Okemo Valley Women's Club will help prepare, serve, and clean-up after the dinner.
The lasagna will come in several sorts of variety to satisfy the palates of everyone. This will include meat-filled, vegetarian, and gluten free lasagna dishes. Complementing the main course will be salads, breads, and desserts. Take-out meals may be picked up at the church between 5 and 5:30pm while in-church dining will be available from 5:30 to 7.
Pre-orders for take-out meals can be made by call 802-228-6275 or emailing Thomson131VT@gmail.com.
General donations are also appreciated. They may be made at the Ludlow Rotary Club's website, https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2939, or mailed to Ludlow Rotary, PO Box 216, Ludlow, VT 05149. Such donations are tax-deductible.
Thomson added that "We genuinely hope we can support the desperate needs of the folks in the Ukraine who are hungry and suffering the personal and family deprivations resulting from this terrible invasion. So let's "Eat So Others Can Eat!"
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