(Submitted photo/Mary Knutson)

By Ben Tompkins

Community Fundraisers

Crooked River one of many local communities hosting fall suppers

Nov 3, 2021 | 3:26 PM

Crooked River is just one of many nearby communities that is back once again hosting a fall supper as they look to fundraise for their community.

Their fall supper will run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 at their local community hall. The supper will be a drive-thru event, with the cost per plate sitting at $15.

Mary Knutson, president of the Crooked River Community Hall Board said this fundraiser is extremely important to the community, as it is one of very few and goes to maintain the use of the hall.

“This is one of the bigger fundraisers that we have all year. If we can sell 100 plates, that would be $1,500 and that’s our goal for this year. Unfortunately, we’re only at about 75 plates right now, so we probably won’t reach that goal, considering the supper is Sunday. We are, however, still excepting plates, in order to try and reach our goal.”

“This money goes towards painting the hall, keeping the furnace running and the bills paid. If we need to do any upkeep as well, or if something goes wrong, then we have some funds to fix it. It’s really to keep the hall going if we have to use it.”

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Although Knutson is happy to have the event back this year, she knows it still won’t be the same, because of the drive-thru element, as this was always viewed as something of a community gathering.

“Normally there would be a buffet set up and people would come in, get their food, sit down and it’s a community where everyone knows everybody and you can visit. It’s a good way to visit and talk to your neighbour that you may not have seen or talked to in a while.”

According to Knutson, not only is this year different than previous, because of the switch to the drive-thru in order to be more COVID friendly, but they have also slightly changed the meal.

“Most years we have everybody bring some food and we buy the meat. This year, however, we’re doing roast beef instead of turkey, so everyone gets the same portion sizes and we don’t have to worry who likes dark meat or who wants white meat.”

Of course, Knutson knows in the end that it really wouldn’t matter what they served as they are just happy to once again have an event that’s not shut down by the pandemic, so they can keep the hall going for the community that they call home.

“We’re just very happy that we can try to do, whatever we can still do. Once COVID is over, we want to back to everything. However, for the time being, we’re happy we can still do it and hope it all goes well.”

Some other fall suppers include the Westminster United Church Fowl Supper in Humboldt on Nov. 7, the Knox United Church Roast Beef Supper in Codette on Nov. 14 and the Melfort United Church Turkey Pot Pie Sale on Nov. 17.

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