Wednesday, November 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Community stepping up
for Kiwanis food drive
This is the season of giving, and the Sisters
community is stepping up in a big way to make
sure that everyone in the community is well-fed
through this holiday season and on into winter.
Food drives to support the Sisters Kiwanis
Food Bank have been successful. The Nugget
will continue its month-long campaign through
Friday, November 23. Drop off food or cash
donations at The Nugget Newspaper office, 442
E. Main Avenue.
Tom Hespe of Sisters Kiwanis told The
Nugget that Coldwell Banker Reed Bros.
Realty, located at the corner of Cascade Avenue
and Oak Street, will pick up the food drive
through Christmas.
“That’ll give us a Monday-Saturday drop-
off for people,” Hespe said.
The Food Bank, located at 328 W. Main
Ave. in Sisters, is only open on Thursdays.
They will be closed, however, on Thanksgiving
Day, as they are each year.
Essentials Skin Care & Spa is donating
10 percent of their proceeds for the month of
November to the Kiwanis Food Bank.
Sisters Vacation Rentals has started “Project
Feed.” Renters of properties they manage are
invited to leave any unused nonperishable food
items in a bag provided to them, and Sisters
Vacation Rentals will donate them to the
Kiwanis Food Bank.
Washington Federal in Sisters has also
agreed to be a drop-off point, Hespe said, and
Aspen Lakes Golf Course is conducting a holi-
day food drive.
The Food Bank provides a vital service to
many families in Sisters — families who are
struggling to get by in a high-cost town; fami-
lies who need help getting through a crisis;
families who don’t have a home. The club
annually conducts a Christmas Food Share pro-
gram to ensure that everyone in Sisters has the
opportunity for a festive holiday dinner.
The generosity of the Sisters community is
making up for a significant deficit in the Food
Bank’s coffers.
The volunteers who operate the Food
Bank reported in October that donations have
declined year-over-year by 30 percent and some
major cash donors have moved out of the area.
Donations of cash money are especially useful,
as they allow volunteers to be more flexible in
obtaining the types of food required by Food
Bank clientele. Donations may be mailed to
P.O. Box 1296, Sisters, OR 97759.
“We’ve noticed a definite increase in those
donations (after word got out of Kiwanis’
need),” Hespe told The Nugget. “From our
standpoint, it’s been a huge success.”
Alpaca Country Estates
Alpaca Country Estates Ranch and Bed & Breakfast is a
working alpaca ranch. Our herd, which began with the pur-
chase of six lovable Huacaya alpacas in 2006, is now over
1,000 strong. The ranch offers breathtaking views of the
Cascade mountains, and includes a bed and breakfast,
fashion design company, artistry classroom, and bou-
tique store.
They have been rewarded with color champions
and reserve champions in black, grey, brown, fawn, and
white.
From their magnificent alpaca fiber, they create lus-
cious, soft yarn; woven garments/blankets; and alpaca
fiber-filled quilts, bringing to you some of the finest products
in the Northwest.
Nancy and Art Izer would love for you to visit their picturesque ranch in Terrebonne, where
they produce their own hay, strive for a green planet, design alpaca clothing/quilts, and have
top-line alpacas of every color for you to choose from! They pride themselves on sharing their
knowledge with new alpaca owners who want to get started in the business.
Three Creeks Brewing Co.
Celebrating the season is easy. Just turn to Three Creeks
Brewing Co. for its seasonal winter brews. Leading the
sleigh is the Rudolph’s Imperial Red Ale: a well-bal-
anced, deep red brew alongside caramel notes. Try the
rye whiskey barrel-aged Imperial Red Ale which is the
2017 version barreled for one year in rye whiskey bar-
rels, adding notes of plum, oak, vanilla and spice.
You can try both of these beers at the 2018
Rudolph’s Imperial Red Ale vertical tasting on
Saturday, December 8, starting at 3 p.m. Call for reser-
vations. Include the Dark Hollow Winter Warmer and
the Tree Hunter Winter IPA in your seasonal beer must-
haves. Three Creeks beers are so much in the spirit of winter,
that they are poured in partnership with Hoodoo Ski Area, so you
can enjoy your favorite beer after a long day on the mountain! Be sure to grab the entire Barrel
Aged collection — excellent holiday gifts.
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