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Share the Feast in Highlands
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2017/11 - November
After the Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade Saturday, December 2, make your next stop A Food Pantries Christmas, at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. This is a major fundraiser for both the Emergency Council of Highlands and The Food Pantry of Highlands.
What exactly is A Food Pantries Christmas? It’s a combination barbecue lunch, concert, and alternative gift market held at the church to help raise money to mitigate food insecurity at home in Highlands.
Event Chair Ron Leslie said that last year they raised over $14,000 and this year they’re hoping to raise even more. They’re preparing to serve 475 people upstairs at the church in Jones Hall beginning immediately after the parade until 1:30 P.M. If you wonder how they can serve that many people efficiently, it’s thanks to the volunteers. They have professional food servers who donate their time, community volunteers who help behind the scenes, and a whole lot of preparation.
As you think about this season of giving, consider participating in the Alternative Gift Market. Gift amounts will be keyed to the purchasing power of the donation so you will leave knowing you fed a hungry child for dinner, or a needy family for a weekend or a week. This is the perfect answer to the question of what to get for the person who has everything.
Leslie would like to thank the committee members who help make this fundraiser a success, including Marty Rosenfield of the Food Pantry; Mary Ann Creswell of the Highlands Emergency Council; Brad Spaulding; Scotty Scott; Cathy Crosby; Peter Ray; and Bill Lee.
“100 percent of the proceeds are donated to The Food Pantry and The Emergency Council,” Leslie says. “This is possible because of the generosity of Dennis Wilson who provides the amazing barbecue and Mountain Fresh Grocery’s delicious beans and slaw. Our donor base covers the overhead, so we are able to divide all of our proceeds between these two outstanding area non-profits.”
The cost of the meal is $10, including drinks. Head right over to the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation after the Highlands Olde Mountain Christmas Parade, Saturday, December 2, for the Food Pantries Christmas. Feast on the flavors of the Holiday Season and give generously.
