Bluffton Farmers' Market vendors held their annual Christmas gathering, a carry-in dinner with a side of business on Dec. 12.
Some 40 vendors and family members enjoyed a delicious meal that included many homegrown and homemade foods, discussed the 2017 market season and made a donation to the community that hosts them.
Vendors expressed their appreciation for Citizens National Bank, which provides the parking lot space used by the market at 102 S. Main St.
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 1-6 p.m.
To schedule your blood donation appointment, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or go to redcrossblood.org, sponsor code “fmenncbl.”
First Mennonite is located at 101 S. Jackson St., Bluffton. Donors should enter by the Jackson Street entrance directly across from Bluffton Elementary School. An elevator is located at that entrance.
Over a 12-month period there's nothing in Bluffton that quite compares to the Bluffton elementary Christmas concert.
Place all Kindergarteners through fifth graders in the east side bleachers of the high school gym. Fill the floor with seats. Open the doors about 60+ minutes prior to the concert and before you know it, it is standing room only.
How Alice Basinger handles it, we don't know. Does she get any sleep the night before?
Bluffton Child Development Center, 325 County Line Road, received $3,375 in donations recently, according to Francine Donathan, director.
Donations are from:
Grob Systems Inc. $2,000
St. John’s United Church of Christ $500
Family Eye Care Clinic of Bluffton $125
George Stultz $250
Anonymous donor $500.
"The donations will help buy new equipment and supplies for the classrooms," said Donathan. "We appreciate this donations from community organizations."
