She’s been helping with the Our Place food drive since it started - about 30 years ago. Louise Luring of Saxtons River is the current treasurer of the Our Place board, and in the past she had been president of the board. “We try to show up with food donations - and cash,” said Watson, who in addition to the bag of food also put some folded money in the hands of David Billings, the new executive director of Our Place. Information about Our Place and the drive can be found at on Facebook or by contacting Our Place at 80.But Watson said he and his family had been donating to Our Place’s food drive for years, in large part out of loyalty to the Bellows Falls Opera House, which, he said, had been very supportive of his wife who is disabled.
That’s very important in Vermont,” he continued, “because food costs here are 25% more than the national average.” “We have better leverage with our food dollars than the average shopper,” he said, “so donating money stretches the dollars even further. “That $25 represents a food box for a family.”ĭonations can be made at anytime or by stopping by the Opera house during the drive.īillings said monetary donations are more important than ever because so many of the people Our Place helps are the employed poor, who are facing increases in the cost of housing, transportation, and food, and don’t qualify for other assistance programs. “We’re hoping to fill all of the over 500 seats in the theater with either a bag of groceries or a $25 donation,” said Our Place executive director David Billings. New this year is an online website that allows anyone to “buy” a seat at the Opera House with a $25 donation.
KOOL-FM radio will be broadcasting live to encourage listeners to support the effort. and continuing to 4 p.m., board members and other volunteers will be on hand to accept donations of food and funds to stock the food pantry at Our Place.Įmployees of Chroma Technology and Sonnax are also playing a role in making the drive a big hit by holding in-house drives and providing onsite help. – It will be food instead of films when the Bellows Falls Opera House becomes the stage for the annual Overflow the Opera House food drive to benefit the Our Place Drop-in Center on Thursday, Sept. Overflow the Opera House, Thursday, Sept.
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