July Meeting Notes

 Our July meeting is Tuesday, July 8 and the Sewing Days are July 16 - 17

The program for the July meeting is "Managing Your Scraps" presented by Sharon Gustafson and Gwendolyn Waranis. Peg will not be with us to run the meeting so we will have to behave on our own.

A note from out June meeting. We did our annual voluntary collection for the Montpelier Center and I'm excited to report that we donated $730. It was very timely as they were dealing with and HVAC issue while we were at sewing last month. Mary Anne and Anton were thrilled and very grateful!

July is our annual mid-year food drive for WHEAT. When you bring your items you can leave them just inside the front door to the center. Cathy will pick them up there. We will also pass an envelope for anyone wishing to make a monetary donation.

Here's a list of items that WHEAT has ongoing need:

• Boxes of breakfast cereal
• Boxes of instant oatmeal
• Oatmeal
• Pancake mix with syrup, some low sugar or sugar free
• Boxes of mac and cheese
• Any size/type of tomato products
• Boxes of spaghetti noodles
• Ramen noodles
• 16 oz jars of peanut butter and/or jelly
• 6 oz cans of tuna
• cans of chicken
• other canned meats
• canned vegetables
• canned beans and pork and beans
• dried beans, black and pinto
• pound bags of white or brown rice
• cans of fruit, some low sugar and sugar-free
• any soups
• any type of one-dish meals like Brunswick stew, beef stew, chicken and dumplings
• Dried milk in 1 quart envelopes
• Dried instant potatoes
• Dressing mixes
• Mel starters, like hamburger helper
• Paper bags
• Hygiene kits in a zipper bag containing soap, shampoo, hand towel, wash cloth,comb or brush, toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, 5 bandaids, deodorant