EVENTS: Annual cookie walk, craft sale and food drive in Vassalboro

Simone Antworth coordinates the annual Cookie Walk with a crafts sale at Vassalboro Methodist Church. A food drive to benefit programs at the Vassalboro Food Pantry, and information about other local missions will also be available at the event on November 15. (contributed photo)

by Dale Potter-Clark

Vassalboro Methodist Church (VUMC), at 614 Main Street, is holding its annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, November 15, 0 a.m.-2 p.m. This is an exciting time for all ages when for $5 folks can take home as many cookies as can be fit inside the container provided. There will be more than two dozen varieties of homemade cookies to choose from. VUMC will have crafts for sale in addition to those delicious cookies and their famous beans and biscuits “To Go” for supper after a day of shopping!!

There will also be a food drive during those hours when people can bring donations of food for the Vassalboro Food Pantry Station (VFPS) Thanksgiving basket and Backpack programs. The latter provides food to students from Vassalboro Community School, when school is not in session. A list of foods needed is available for viewing on the VUMC and VFPS Facebook pages. VFPS volunteers will also be there selling crafts to help financially support the mission. “The generosity from the community is very much appreciated and goes a long way to support our neighbors during these tumultuous times of uncertainty,” said Cindy Ferland, VFSP director.

Other missions present at the event will include “Sew for a Cause” from St. Bridget’s Center, to share information about their mission, which benefits a variety of causes from newborns to nursing home residents and veterans at Togus. Also, there will be information about the Vassalboro Ministry Association Fuel Fund, a nonprofit organization that provides Vassalboro families who are in need of fuel assistance.

FMI about this event and other VUMC programs and services visit the VUMC Facebook page or contact vumc.info@ gmail.com or (207) 873-5564 or pick up a copy of the Nov.-Dec. VUMC newsletter at the Vassalboro Library, Town Office or Historical Society.