Monthly Archives: October 2024

Thanksgiving Potluck
Here we are headed into our Holiday Season! This will be our last newsletter of the year. Of course we plan to have our Thanksgiving Community Dinner here on November 19th at Six PM. Once again our Center will be providing the turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, rolls and ham. Community Members are asked to bring the sides and desserts. This is usually our most attended event of the year. We hope to see everyone there. There will also be a brief annual business meeting.

Due to the all the personal commitments we have during this Holiday Season, we will have no Community Dinner in December. Enjoy your family and we will see you at our January 2025 Community Dinner on January 21, 2025 at Six PM.  Wishing each of you a most blessed Holiday Season and the happiest and healthiest of New Years!!

Food Pantries
We are pleased to inform you that we will once again be having a Food Pantry at our Community Center. Manna’s headquarter in Asheville was destroyed by Hurricane Helene. As a result of that our earlier Food Pantries of the month had to be canceled. Manna has a new facility and they are up and running. Our October pantry was held on Thursday, October 31st from 11Am-1PM. We had an abundance of food provided by Matt’s Ministry. We had 38 people attend and they selected food for 92 family members.

Our next Food Pantry hosted by Clay County Food Pantry is scheduled for Thursday November 14th from 11am-1pm. The second one of the month was on Thanksgiving Day. Matt’s Ministry, who will be hosting it, has been able to make arrangements that it be held one day earlier. It will be held on WEDNESDAY, November 27th from 11am-1pm,

In Memoriam
It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the passing of our custodian at the Brasstown Community Center. Charles “Charlie” Anthony Allison passed away on October 24th. As a result of his passing please note that the Community Center will remain closed. Due to issues we were experiencing at the center, it was only opened to the public from 8am-12 pm, when our Custodian was present. It will now remain closed until further notice. This in no way interferes with rentals. They will be conducted just as they had been in the past.

Hurricane Helene Victims
As we celebrate this season, please remember all the victims of Hurricane Helene. There are so many people in Western North Carolina who will be celebrating this Thanksgiving without their homes. I am grateful for all the people who have generously offered their assistance to these people who have lost so much. Please keep them in your prayers. Their lives have changed so drastically as a result of this storm.

May your holiday season be truly blessed!

Your Crier,
Linda Snyder

HAPPY FALL YA’LL!!

This is such a beautiful time here in the mountains and there is much happening about us. Hope you all get to enjoy the various festivities and events of this time of the year. The Fall Festival will be taking place on October 5th and 6th at the Folk School. The Pumpkin Chunkin sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will be held the weekend of October 19th and 20th at 811 Settawig Road in Brasstown. Of course later in the month we will be having all those ghosts and ghouls visiting our homes!

Monthly Community Dinner

Our September Community Dinner was very well attended. We had over 60 folks joining us for dinner. The Folk School had a raffle to win two tickets for free admission to their Fall Festival, which were won by Alice Patterson. It was a most pleasant evening. My only complaint is that it seems to end too quickly.

This month our community dinner will be held on October 17th at 6:00 pm. Please pack up your family and your favorite dish or dessert and join us for a time of visiting and eating. Its always nice to see our friends and neighbors and enjoy the good food. Its at times like this that community means so very much to us!

Next month in lieu of our regular monthly community dinner, we will be having our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner,  November 19th, at 6:00 pm. The Community Center will supply the turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham and we are asking the community members to bring your favorite Thanksgiving sides or desserts. This event is usually well attended. Looking forward to this special dinner!!

In addition to all the food, we will also be holding our annual business meeting and will elect a slate of officers for the upcoming 2025 year. In addition we will select a winning ticket for this years beautiful quilt. (You do not have to be present to win). We hope to see you all there for a scrumptious dinner and pleasant evening visiting with your neighbors. As a group of people we have so very much to be thankful for!

Due to the vigor’s of the Holiday Season we will have no community dinner in December. Folks are usually very busy with their own Christmas Holiday!

Food Pantry

Our September Pantries were well attended. On September 5, 2024 we had our first monthly Pantry hosted by Matt’s Ministry. We had some 51 community members attend and they selected food for 120 family members. The following community members volunteered to assist in the pantry: Charlotte Majercik, Gary Majercik, Paulette Tonielli, Hoyt Zimmerman, Larry Shoeman, Maggie Butler, Bill Gibson, and Linda Snyder.

Our second one was held on September 19th and was hosted by the Clay County Food Pantry. This one was also very well attended. We had 48 people attend and they selected food for 104 family members. We had such a large and varied supply of food. Our new hours of operation worked out very well. Once again we had a great group of volunteers who made our pantry run like a well oiled machine. Thank you Barbara Harrington, Charlotte Majercik, Gary Majercik, Carolyn Anderson, Paulette Tonielli, Larry Shoeman, Mary Shelton, Sheila Crawford, Bill Gibson, Charlie Allison, Hoyt Zimmerman, and Linda Snyder.

Due to the recent hurricane, Manna’s warehouse in Asheville has been destroyed. Our Brasstown Food Pantries will be canceled until further notice.  In the meantime, those needing supplemental food are encouraged to go to the Clay County Food Pantry on Friday mornings or Matt’s Ministry on Saturday mornings.

Our Community has really been blessed beyond measure with Helena heading eastward. While we are well here, there are a number of sister communities which have been devastated. Please remember these people prayerfully and if you can help send needed items their way it would be most appreciated. Many churches and benevolent groups are collecting food in our area. If you aren’t aware of drop off locations, Little Brasstown Church is accepting donations to help these people in need.

Important Dates to Remember

Food Pantries: Information regarding these will be shared as received

October Community Dinner, October 15th 6:00 pm

Thanksgiving Community Dinner and Business Meeting, November 19th 6:00pm

Your Crier,
Linda Snyder