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2010 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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January
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Annual Campaign:
to benefit BACM food pantry. Please remember to return
your pledge letters |
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February
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Love Bag Collections:
Your group or organization is encourage to collect
non-food items like dish soap, toilet paper, paper
towels, etc. Place in a decorated brown paper bag and
drop it off at BACM |
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March 23
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Garden Project Planting Meeting
The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. at BACM
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Mar/April |
Feinstein Food Challenge:
Drop any non-perishable food item or make a
financial donation during these months and BACM will
receive a percentage of money from The Feinstein
Foundation based on what we collect
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April |
Barberton/Norton Residents needed:
to participate in the Garden Project. You will plant
your own garden with the help of the Garden Group.
Participants can keep what they harvest or they may sell
their goods at the Farmer's Market. Please contact
Joanne Kramer at 330-745-3693 for information
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April 27th at
6:00 pm |
Master Gardener to teach participants about
various gardening techniques.
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May |
Wine and Food Tasting Fundraiser:
Tantalize your taste buds May 23 as BACM
hosts its first “Food with Flair” at the Winery at Wolf
Creek. Join the ministries' volunteers as they serve you
an Italian five-course meal sampling prepared with
various wines to add depth and flavor. Each course will
be paired with wine samplings while the chef will show
you how to make the palatable Italian plate in your
own home. Choose between two seatings: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
or 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. — and prepare yourself for a night
your tongue won't soon forget. Tickets are $25 per
person, with proceeds benefiting the ministries' pantry,
which helps to feed more than 800 people each month.
Seating is limited, so call the Winery at (800)-436-0426
to make reservations now. |
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Garden Project 2010:
Volunteers from BACM and a girls softball team will
plant a community garden to benefit residents of
Barberton and Norton. Pantry recipients will receive
free produce from the garden and the remaining produce
will be sold at the Farmer's Market in downtown
Barberton to help increase pantry funds.
Participants will till the plots and plant their
vegetables |
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Post Office Fundraiser
Watch your mail for a post card from the Barberton
and Norton post offices to donate non-perishable food
items that your mail carrier will pick up on designated
days. BACM will receive some of the donated items.
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July 7 to
Sept 29 |
Farmer's Market:
will be held on Wednesdays from 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm. The
market will be located in the parking lot on Tuscarawas
Ave. between 2nd and 3rd Streets behind McDonald's. Come
and visit us and buy fresh produce from our garden. |
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August 2-8 |
Birdies for BACM Fundraiser
Pledge money for every birdie made during the
Bridgestone Invitational Tournament to help support
BACM's ministry. Click here
to see the information. The tournament produced 932 BIRDIES! Our first
place winner was Mark Jenney (8800, second place winner was Mr/Mrs Joe
Bradack (876) and third place goes to Veronica Hegarty (870). Congrats
to all! |
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October 16th
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Swiss Steak Dinner & Silent Auction
Fundraiser
To be held at Johnson United Methodist Church
Dinner 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Auction 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Click
here for a list of
auction donations
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