We hope you will join Dining for Jackson County and be a part of helping hundreds of people in the county. Isn't that our wish? Isn't that our goal for our life to make a difference in the lives of the poor, the disadvantaged, the abused? Well, here is a way to do just that!
The pandemic had a serious effect on non-profits as they were unable to hold fund-raisers to support their organization. Donations were also down and therefore non-profits need our help. It is for this reason that a new support group has been organized. The new group is called Dining for Jackson.
This group will meet the first Tuesday of each month at 11:30 at the Mission and Fellowship Center of Sylva First Baptist Church. We hope you will join us September 5 for our first meeting. Bring a covered dish and fellowship with other individuals who want to help our non-profits.
When you come in you will put your donation in a basket — perhaps what you would pay if you ate at a nice restaurant. Then we will eat and fellowship together. Each month we will give to a different nonprofit. Let's suppose twenty-five people come and each gives at least twenty dollars. That would mean five hundred dollars for a non-profit! That will make a real difference!
This first meeting we will give to United Christian Ministries. Please have your check ready to drop in the basket. Then we will draw the name of one of the other eleven non-profits for each of the next eleven months so you will know where your donation will go each month.
The other eleven are in alphabetical order: AWAKE, Center for Domestic Peace, Circles of Jackson, Equinox Ranch, Full Spectrum Farm in Cullowhee, Habitat for Humanity, Hands on Jackson (once called Neighbors in Need), Meals on Wheels, REACH, Rolling Start, and The Community Table. These non-profits do amazing work in Jackson County! They are our unsung heroes that make our county the wonderful place that it is!
The Center for Domestic Peace needs things like mouthwash, hairbrushes, combs, hair ties, deodorant, body wash, shaving cream, wet wipes, lip balm, hand sanitizer, pocket tissues, hair conditioner, lip balm, travel size hygiene supplies that survivors of sexual assault, trafficking, or abuse need when they have come for help with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
So you may want to bring one of these items each month. If you have stayed in a motel or hotel lately you have just the perfect size items. Please bring them.
Please mark your calendar for September 5 and plan to come and help us make a difference in the lives of hundreds of people!