Taste and Tunes Event Helps Support HOC
The first of what will be an annual Taste and Tunes event will take place on Thursday, August 20th as part of the culmination of the Van Cleef Lake Centennial Celebration at Generations Bank’s Corporate Headquarters in Seneca Falls. The evening will feature wine and food from local businesses as well as live music. Music, food and wine will be flowing from 5-9pm followed by a fireworks display over Van Cleef Lake. Proceeds from the event will be used for several local food programs including the House of Concern, Trevor’s Gift and the Summer Backpack program.
Tickets are $20 pre-sale and $25 at the door and can be purchased at Cafe XIX, the Cayuga St. branch of Generations Bank r CVDesigns Boutique at Academy Square. For more information call 315.568-1151, or email tasteandtunes@mail.com.
Donation Helps SF Backpack Program
SENECA FALLS – Mark Benjamin of Seneca Meadows Landfill presented Lisa Garigen with funds to provide weekend food for the Seneca Falls Backpack program for the 2015 school year.
“Thank you so much for the donation,”stated Garigen. “This donation will help between 7-10 children for the entire school year depending on the fluctuating cost of the food bags. And we never seem to run out of children who need our help.”
The Seneca Falls backpack program has lost a portion of Foodlink funding including a large cut in a hunger relief grant that the program usually receives and is grateful for any support for food at this time. The program now provides food for 85 children in the Seneca Falls School District.
Like many other aid organizations in the Finger Lakes, the program is a 100% volunteer organization, and Seneca Meadows provided supplies and equipment for volunteers a couple of years ago that are still in use and in great condition today.
“The backpack program sincerely thanks its valued partners Foodlink, Wal-Mart, Seneca Meadows, Seneca Falls Rotary Club, and numerous private individual donors along with St. Patrick’s Church for providing free storage space,” added Garigen.