Fundraisers: October 2007 Archives

On Wednesday (Oct. 31), the Community Table in Sylva will host a special lunch for all members of the general public. The $5 cost will provide needed operating funds for Jackson County's only source of free and reduced cost meals for the needy.

This week's "Blue Plate Special" begins at 11 a.m. and runs through 2 p.m.

The meal will be prepared by Wanda Moss, who for many years owned the Riverhouse Restaurant in Cullowhee, will be guest chef. She’ll prepare two soups: one vegetarian and the other a vegetable beef brew she is famous for. Sandwiches will be her homemade pimento cheese served on pumpernickel or rye bread.

The Community Table's Kitchen Manager, Samantha, will make a graveyard cake and witches' fingers cookies for dessert. Staff and servers will be in costume, so come prepared for pleasant spookiness and treats!

To-go orders can be placed by calling 586-6782. Also, deliveries can be made in the Sylva, Cullowhee and Dillsboro area.

The Community Table is in Sylva's former "Pumpkin Patch" neighborhood, on Bartlett Street across from the Sylva Church of Christ. [View directions on Mapquest.com (click)]

A Blue Plate Special occurs on the last Wednesday of each month. Jackson County Magazine says: Put it on your calendar!

The Community Table is a nonprofit, volunteer group. Since 1999 the Community Table has provided meals four days a week to those in need, on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m.

To volunteer or for more information, call Executive Director Timara McCollum at 586-6782.

The general public is able to view the excellent 3-page Jackson County Happenings for the month of November, published by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce.

(Requires the free Adobe Reader program to view.)

Highlights: the publication includes information about the On Agate Hill play in Sylva on November 4 (better get your tickets now), the Great Smoky Mountain Book Fair in Sylva on November 9 and 10, another blacksmithing class on November 10 and 11 in Dillsboro, and WCU's Madrigal Dinner on November 30 (tickets go on sale on Tuesday, November 9).

Cullowhee Valley School is the spot for this year's barbeque sponsored by the Cullowhee Volunteer Fire Department, beginning Sat. Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. and lasting until about 8.

Tickets can be purchased at the event, which features live music and raffles for two shotguns donated to the department by Papa's Pizza to Go in Cullowhee.

See the Sylva Herald's web site for more.

Nobody cooks fish like Catholic men on a Friday! The Knights of Columbus, a men's fraternal organization at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sylva, fires up its 4 vegetable oil fryers Fri. Oct. 26 from 5 to 8 p.m. ($8 for adults, $5 for kids 12 or under), filling them with American catfish (they taste better than Chinese catfish, and it's the principle of the thing), hushpuppies and hashbrowns. Over in the kitchen, others are serving freshly made cole slaw, drinks, homemade pies, brownies and other desserts.

The crowd of several hundred people is always lively and friendly -- Catholics, Protestants and perhaps even a few hungry nonbelievers. The net proceeds go to charitable causes, including support for intellectually disabled residents in Jackson County.

Directions: St. Mary's church is in Sylva's former "Pumpkin Patch" neighborhood. Once you're on Grindstaff Cove Road between U.S. 23-74 and downtown Sylva, take Dillsboro Road into the neighborhood and you'll see the church, which is at the corner of Bartlett Street and Dillsboro Road.

The Men's Group of Sylva's First United Methodist Church holds its annual Poor Man's Luncheon at the church Fri. Oct. 26 from 11 until 1.

The lunch of pinto beans, potatoes, cole slaw, drink and dessert costs $6, and serves as the group's main fundraiser for church projects and missions. Take-outs will be available.

The late Raymon Stovall is being honored by the Men's Group this year; he was a member of the group for many years.

Thirty pink ribbons strikingly displayed along Main Street in Sylva are sponsored by WestCare Health System as part of its annual breast cancer awareness drive. The drive coincides with national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Get your own pink ribbon for $1 at several local stores, including Goody's in Jackson Plaza. Proceeds go to fund breast cancer research.

WestCare invites you to write a loved one's name on an ornament and place it on a Tree of Hope in the lobbies of the hospitals in Jackson and Swain counties and at the WestCare Medical Park in Franklin.

WestCare is sponsoring two walks, called Hoping for the Cure, on Friday, October 12. Meet in the Sylva's Harris Regional Hospital lobby at 11:30 a.m (the first 100 walkers will receive a breast cancer awareness water bottle) or in the First Baptist Church parking lot in Bryson City at 5 p.m. (the first 25 walkers will receive a breast cancer awareness water bottle). Everyone is encouraged to wear pink during the walks, which will last approximately two hours.

For more information about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, visit www.nbcam.org.

At an important fundraiser for the upcoming Bridge Park in downtown Sylva, three musical groups will play all afternoon at a stage near Main Street on Sunday, October 14.

Bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the music. You'll also find food and information about the park, which recently began construction but is still very much in the fundraising stage.

The music kicks off at 1 p.m. and continues until 7.

Performing from 1 until 3 is Balsam Range Bluegrass Band, which includes longtime local favorites Buddy Melton (Rooooo-beeeee!) and Grammy-winner Marc Pruett.

From 3 until 5 hear four-time Grammy winner David Holt and the Lightning Bolts. If Marc Pruett's band is the warm-up, you know Holt's group must be awesome.

From 5 until 7, you'll hear CookingWithQuanta, a rock band that includes Sylva's beloved hippie gardener, Adam Bigelow, on the electric bass. The band has played to enthusiastic crowds at Sylva's Guadalupe Cafe.

The largest sponsoring contributor to the fundraiser is the Jackson County Arts Council.

Other sponsoring contributors are F. Patrick McGuire, D.D.S., Coward, Hicks & Siler, P.A., and Smoky Mountain OB/GYN Associates.

The Downtown Sylva Association, which is sponsoring the event, hopes to raise a considerable amount in donations from individuals on the day of the event.

The DSA will have a staffed donation tent where it will be accepting donations for Bridge Park in cash or a check. Last year, at a similar event, the DSA was able to raise $5,000 in contributions from the community.

[Jackson County Magazine says: Bring your checkbook and help build our park.]