SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017
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Mapleton Lions hosting 18th annual ‘Pounding’ to raise funds for Food Share
18th annual “Pounding”
to rise. This means that for
turkey bingo Friday night to The
benefit Florence Food Share
every pound we receive at the
Come win a Thanksgiving
turkey this Friday, Nov. 17,
during the Mapleton Lions
Club Turkey Bingo from 7 to 9
p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
A total of 20 games will be
played, with a turkey for the
winner of each game and one
game for dollars. Also, a pie
auction will be held during the
halftime break.
Bingo cards are $10 for 20
games and play up to six
“cards” each game; cards are
$5 for players age 12 and
under and play three “cards”
each game.
The cards will be paper, so
bring your own dauber or they
can be purchased for $1.
The Mapleton Lions Club is
located at 88148 Riverview
Drive in Mapleton.
For more information, call
Herb Harry at 541-554-1901.
will be held at Grocery Outlet
on Saturday, Nov.18, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Hosted by local
businesswoman Cindy Wobbe,
this annual food drive aims to
fill the food bank’s pantries
with much needed canned,
boxed and frozen food items in
time for the holiday season.
Starting in 2000 and always
held the Saturday before
Thanksgiving, Wobbe matched
the public’s donations pound
for pound, resulting in more
than 80,000 pounds of dona-
tions over a 15-year span, until
she sold her restaurant.
In 2015, an anonymous
donor stepped in to continue
the sponsorship, matching
pounds with dollars.
“I’ve never asked who it is,”
Wobbe said. “I’m just deeply
grateful that someone stepped
in to help. Over 600 families in
our community rely on Food
Share to keep from going hun-
gry each month and this food
drive has been a godsend year
after year.”
SIUSLAW NEWS FILE PHOTO
Cindy Wobbe (right) helps volunteers weigh food from
Grocery Outlet to benefit Florence Food Share for the
18th annual Pounding on Saturday, Nov. 18.
This is the third Pounding
this same anonymous donor
has offered to match the total
poundage with funds.
An additional sponsor, Top
Hydraulics, has just announced
that it will also match the total
number of pounds donated.
“I’m thrilled for Food
Share!” Wobbe said. “Food
Share is facing a crisis right
now. Donations of food and
money are at a critical low, and
the need for services continues
Pounding, Food Share will
receive a match of $2. What a
wonderful and timely gift.”
Wobbe will be joined by
local radio personality Wayne
Sharpe of KCST Radio, who
has conducted a live radio
remote broadcast on location
every year since the beginning.
Grocery Outlet owner/opera-
tor Woody Woodbury will
mark specials throughout the
store of items most desperately
needed at the food bank and
plans to have extra staff avail-
able during the event to help
with pushing grocery carts,
loading boxes of canned foods
and ringing in customers at the
checkstands.
Last year’s event raised a
record 11,111 pounds of food,
and both Wobbe and Woodbury
expect an even larger turnout
due to two recent feature sto-
ries in the Siuslaw News high-
lighting Food Share’s immedi-
ate crises.
Grocery Outlet is located at
2066 Highway 101.
Soroptimist Christmas Basket and Toy Drive Underway
Soroptimist International of
Florence has kicked off its
annual Christmas Basket col-
lection season in style.
The
Florence
Rhody
Cruisers Car Club, with the
help of Siuslaw Valley Fire and
Rescue firefighters, organized
a toy donation drive at A&W
on Nov. 2. Santa Claus, flash-
ing fire engines and free root
beer floats all helped fill a van
with toys.
If you missed the fun, there
is still plenty of time to donate
a new, unwrapped toy for an
infant to 12-year-old child for
Christmas.
The Soroptimists have set up
collection points at the following
business locations: Oregon
Pacific Bank, First Community
Credit Union, Banner Bank, US
Bank, WA Federal Savings, Lane
Community College Florence
Center, AIC Insurance, Coastal
Fitness, Hoberg Muffler, On
Your Feet, Rite Aid, St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, The Shipping
Shack, Three Rivers Casino
Resort,
Stone
Haven
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Santa Claus gathers gifts
Nov. 2 with Florence
Soroptimist President
Frankie Jorgenson and
Siuslaw Valley firefighters.
COURTESY PHOTO
Acupuncture, Fred Meyer, West
Coast Auto Body, Shervin’s Tire,
Florence Eye Clinic, State Farm
Insurance and Abel Insurance.
Monetary donations are also
needed to help with food for
the Christmas Baskets. These
can be mailed to: Soroptimist
International of Florence, P.O.
Box 1209, Florence, OR
97439.
The Food Baskets and Toys
will be distributed on Dec. 16
at Siuslaw Middle School and
Florence Church of the
Nazarene.
This is truly a community
effort and anyone willing to
help with set up and distribu-
tion is urged to contact
Soroptimist members Michelle
Fraley, 541-997-3434, or Carol
Bennett, 541- 991-3455, to
volunteer or for more informa-
tion.
Florence Community Suppers continue tonight
Four churches in Florence
work together each month to
provide free dinners for com-
munity members.
Florence
Community
Suppers are held Wednesday
nights from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The dates and locations are as
follows:
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
• Nov. 15 — St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church, 2136 19th
St.
• Nov. 29 — Florence
United Methodist Church,
Second and Kingwood streets
St. Andrews Episcopal, New
Life Lutheran, Presbyterian
Church of the Siuslaw and
Florence United Methodist
Church provide these dinners
as a service to anyone who
would like to join in a friendly
meal once a week.
Donations towards the cost
of the meals will be accepted
but are not required.
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