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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Siuslaw Awards seeks nominations
The 10th annual Siuslaw
Awards is fast approaching. The
awards banquet, sponsored by
the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce, will take place Feb.
7 at the Florence Events Center.
This prestigious event recog-
nizes excellence in the local
business community by naming
recipients for awards in
Excellence in Customer Service,
Curb
Appeal,
Nonprofit
Achievement,
Community
Caring, Innovation in Business
and the Stu Johnston Business of
the Year Award.
In addition, two outstanding
individuals in the community
will be honored with the Future
First Citizen Award and the
First Citizen Award.
The First Citizen Award rec-
ognizes an individual who has
given selflessly to the commu-
nity based on community
involvement, leadership and
overall community impact.
The Future First Citizen
Award recognizes a student
based on his or her academic
success as well as civic involve-
ment and contributions to the
community.
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce will also recognize
an individual or business that
has selflessly given of its time
and efforts in supporting the
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce and its efforts with
the Distinguished Service
Award.
Anyone can choose to nomi-
nate their own or another busi-
ness for the Siuslaw Awards.
Applications are available now
either at the Florence Chamber
of Commerce Visitor Center or
online at florencechamber.
com.
Nominations for business
awards must be submitted to
the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce by Friday, Dec. 15.
First Citizen and Future First
Citizen nomination forms will
be available at area service
clubs starting Monday, Dec. 4,
and are due back to the
Chamber by Jan. 10, 2018.
For more information, call
Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce at 541-997-3128.
Pounding
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“There was a real drop in the
amount of charitable giving in
those first few months,” Wobbe
said. “People were still giving,
they were just giving it to a
larger cause.”
When Wobbe discovered the
financial difficulties Florence
Food Share was having, she
decided to create The
Pounding. The genesis of that
idea came from Wobbe’s
Pentecostal background, where
parishioners would donate one
pound of food, allowing the
church pantry to be filled.
“At that time, my dad had
died the year previously,”
Wobbe said. “He had left me
his extensive library and office
furniture, asking me to sell
those and do something posi-
tive with them in the communi-
ty.”
Wobbe took those funds to
Jon Thompson, Coast Radio
general manager, asking if they
could do something similar to
the Pentecostal tradition.
Thompson promised to air the
event on the radio, which
would be held the Saturday
before Thanksgiving.
“At the time, we thought it
was going to be a one-year
deal,” Wobbe said.
They raised 1,400 pounds of
food that year, which Wobbe
matched in cash donations,
using her father’s funds. The
event was such a success that
it’s been going on ever since.
“I wish my dad could have
seen what he started,” Wobbe
said.
While big cash donations are
important to providing opera-
tional costs for Florence Food
Share, for Wobbe it’s the fact
that everyone in the communi-
ty has a chance to give in a sig-
nificant way.
“What’s always touching to
me is when someone walks in
with a single can of green
beans, saying, ‘I know it’s not
much, but I wanted to help,’”
Wobbe said. 13,088 pounds
represents several hundred
people who came in and gave
what they could. I see people
who are actually clients of
Food Share donate to the
Pounding.
“That’s what I love. It’s a
part of something that all of us
can be a part of to make some-
thing pretty miraculous hap-
pen.”
Aft er nearly 29 years in business,
ON THE COAST PRINTING, INC.
has decided to close our doors on DECEMBER 18, 2017.
I will be merging and WORKING at
Th e Shippin’ Shack beginning January 20. 2018.
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