United Church and Rotary Raise over $12,000 As Area Residents Support Ukrainian Relief
"The generosity of the community was way beyond our expectations." This was George Thomson's enthusiastic summary of the results of the recent lasagna dinner sponsored jointly by the United Church of Ludlow and the Ludlow Rotary Club.
Over $12,000 was raised for Ukrainian Humanitarian relief from this dinner that served over 250 meals. This amount will be increased by additional donations.
This collaborative effort between the church and Rotary also saw the participation of a number of area organizations and individuals that included:
· Okemo Valley Womans Club made desserts · Black River Produce provided all the salad fixings · The Reading Greenhouse provided sunflowers for lovely arrangements · People's United Bank provided coffee supplies · Vermont Family Farms provided the hamburg · River Valley Technical Center Culinary Arts Program provided fresh baked bread · Cavendish Town Elementary School students as part of the Young Historians Program at CTES sponsored by the Cavendish Historical Society provided sunflower seed packets which they decorated and filled with seeds · Thirty workers from the church, Rotary and the women's club served over 250 meals both take out and sit down
Thomson noted that 70% of those who attended the dinner in the church's Fellowship Hall paid well above the $15/person price for the lasagna dinner.
Linda Thomson, who handled the preparation and serving of the dinners, observed, "Thanks everyone who made this such a success. It was heartwarming for sure to see all the support and energy over this dinner for Ukraine. The suffering folks of the Ukraine would thank everyone too for their support and kindness".
The proceeds from this fund-raising dinner will be sent to an eastern European relief organization providing humanitarian relief to the Ukraine. Additional donations may be sent to the Ludlow Rotary Club's charitable foundation: LARCF, PO Box 216, Ludlow, VT 05149.
