A Bluffton Community Assistance (CAP) food pantry volunteer assisted a client whose young child was having a birthday.
The client couldn’t afford a birthday cake. When the mother came to the food pantry and discovered boxed cakes supplies and frosting, there were tears in her eyes.
Bluffton middle school and high school students, who brought donations from Christmas food drives, learned about this story.
As Ed Yeager, CAP board president, shares: “Following that, ‘whooom’ - bunches of baking supplies and cake mixes came pouring in.”
This is the second in a two-part series on a proposed national and statewide bicycle route network that could pass through Bluffton’s Main Street. It needs Bluffton council’s support for it to take place. That second reading of legislation on the route is on the Monday, Jan. 23, council agenda. CLICK HERE for the first story in this series.
Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce goes green in 2017.
Membership window stickers were handed out at the Jan. 13 chamber breakfast. Members not attending the breakfast will receive the 2017 window stickers soon.
One of the most popular winter family-oriented activities in Bluffton is coming soon.
Bakery Bingo, hosted by the Bluffton PTO, takes place Saturday evening, Feb. 4, in the middle school cafetorium
But for the event to succeed, the PTO needs your assistance.
“One of the most popular aspects of bakery Bingo is the basket raffle, where chances to win themed gift baskets are sold through tickets,” says Crystal Camper, of the PTO.
Bluffton Fire Department responded to 101 fire calls in 2016, six lower than the previous year, according to Jon Kinn, fire chief.
A monthly report of fires by type of call is attached at the bottom of this story. July was the busiest month for the department as it had 13 calls. Of those, five were accidents.
The lowest month was January with only four calls.
The department responded to 30 fire alarms, 19 accidents and 15 mutual aid calls from other departments.
Bluffton Community Preschool, one of the many important non-profit organizations in Bluffton, will soon have a new home.
The preschool is currently located in First United Methodist Church. Due to the church's need for additional classroom space, this fall the preschool went in search of a new home.
That new home, beginning next school year, is Bluffton Presbyterian Church. Members of the preschool board recently signed a lease with the church.
