| June 1, 2016 -- The month of June will begin at Ekonk with Junior Grange election of officers on June 3rd. The Juniors meet at 6 p.m. and are an active, inspirational group! Leader, Rebecca Gervais, does an admirable job and has many parents/grandparents helping with special projects. In May, they presented 10 year old Kaycee Chesters and her Sterling family with nearly $900.00, earned from a spaghetti supper and their Mother’s Day Plant Sale. Kaycee is battling cancer, having already lost a leg to the disease. June 4th, the Juniors will have an ice cream social--another fun adventure! June 6th, our Program Director, Link Cooper, will present a program titled, “Weddings, Grads and Strawberry Suppers!” If you have not seen one of Link’s programs—plan to--they are outstanding! June 11th will be our 122nd Strawberry Supper, beginning at 5 p.m. This is always a sensational event with long lines and folks leaving with full stomachs and with complimentary words! The meal begins with baked ham, home baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls & butter and ends with homemade biscuits topped with native strawberries and with gobs of real whipped cream on top! All our meals at Ekonk are all you can eat-- it is amazing to watch some folks eat a full, full meal and then two shortcakes! We completed yet another year of providing all of the food at the Plainfield Relay for Life--on the very same day as our Strawberry Supper! We also held our annual roast beef supper benefiting “TALVHI” (The American Legion VETERANS Housing Inc.) -- this first of its kind housing facility for formally homeless veterans is in Jewett City, CT and our Grange is proud to have been working annually since the facility prepared to open several years ago. Eighteen furnished apartments provide housing, counselling and training for veterans. Looking forward to July, our annual Blueberry Supper will be Sat., July 16th, beginning at 5 p.m. With the horrific damage to peach blossoms from frost, we will have to give serious thought to the feasibility of holding our annual August Peach Shortcake Supper—farmers are at the mercy of weather and this Spring brought peach farmers to their knees! |
