Opinion

Thanks to you, seniors’ jamboree a rousing success

Teagen Kosut, Executive Director
Bellows Falls Area Senior Center
To the Editor,

The Bellows Falls Area Senior Center wishes to thank those who made this year’s Jamboree fundraiser an amazing success! 

Thank you to the Moose Family Center for generously hosting the event! Many thanks also to our volunteers and board members who made this event possible: Jane Westfall, Joan Lake, Wayne Johnson, Deena Ezequelle, Doreen Aldrich, Sue Holland, Pat Tokarski, Reagan Khan, Fred Waryas, Fred & Lorraine Yates, Arnie Knowlton, Caleb Ainsworth, Emma Ainsworth, Alyssa Daignault, Zach Beniot and Hugh Haggerty. Marlene O’Connor and Phyllis Weltz for manning the bake sale table, and to all the very generous ladies of the Bellows Falls Area Senior Center who made incredible baked goods, this year’s offerings were outstanding! And thank you to local favorite band, “Playin Possum” and Friends, the music was great. 

Special thanks to the following for their contributions as Sponsors of the Jamboree: The Richard & Barbara Whitcomb Foundation, Chroma Technology, Bellows Falls Polish American Club, Savings Bank of Walpole, Pierce Lawton Post 37, Silver Forest of Vermont, Inc., and The Rotary Club of Bellows Falls.The following individuals and businesses generously provided raffle items and cash donations for the event: 5-Star Beverage, Abenaqui Car Wash, Agway, Athens Pizza, Aubuchon Hardware, Aumand’s, Bellows Falls Pet Supply, C & S Wholesale Grocers, CHS Financial, Cabot Cheese, Community Feed Store, Dari-Joy, Diamond Pizza, Donovan’s, Janet Dube, Edward Jones, Famous Pizza, The Farrar Family, Grafton Inn, Greater Falls Pharmacy, The Haggerty Family, Halladay’s, H&B Electric, J&B Glass, Dr. Tim Johnson, Johnson’s Greenhouse, King Arthur Flour, The Hungry Diner, Joan Lake, LaValley Building Supply, Lisai’s Market, MJS Lawn Care, Mr. G’s, Okemo Ski Resort, Pinnacleview Equipment, Pizza Palace, People’s United Bank, Penguin Mart, P.K.’S Public House, The River Valley Credit Union, Simone’s Salon, Subway, Tractor Supply, Dr. Vern Temple, Vermont Country Store, Village Printers, Walpole Creamery, Walpole Vet Hospital, Walpole Valley Tire, Walpole Village Salon, Westminster Animal Hospital, Westminster Auto, Joanne Gay, and Millie Williams.

And finally, thank you to our local community for coming out and supporting us!

Teagen Kosut, Executive Director

Bellows Falls Area Senior Center

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