News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The season of giving did not end with Christmas in Sisters.
An anonymous donor from Sisters Community Church has contributed $12,000 to the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank, according to Kiwanis President Tay Robertson.
Robertson said he got a call from the church on Friday that a member who wished to remain anonymous was donating $10,000.
“I went down to the bank and when I got there the person had been even more generous and had donated $12,000,” Robertson said.
“I felt like Christmas had come all over again,” he said. “That made me feel so good.”
He said he thanks Sisters Community Church and all the churches in Sisters for all they do for the community.
Roberston said that the donation represents 50 percent of what the Kiwanis Club budgeted for 2005-06 for the food bank. While the food bank relies heavily on food donations from the Sisters community, the club also spends considerable amounts of cash on providing fresh foods such as greens and meats.
The Food Bank obtains its food from the Oregon Food Bank, federal food agencies, outright purchases from local stores and the community in general.
The Food Bank must pay for the shipping and handling charges when receiving food from the Oregon Food Bank and pay directly for the food received from the federal government and local stores.
“The Food Bank is fortunate in that it does not have to pay these providers full retail for the food purchased,” Kiwanian David Hiller told The Nugget last October. “However, that being said, we have a significant cost base to support.”
The Food Bank, located on the corner of Oak Street and Main Avenue, serves approximately 50-60 people per month.
Kiwanis also sponsors the annual holiday Food Share program, which provided a Christmas dinner to 130 qualified families in the Sisters area this Christmas season.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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