Rappahannock Plant A Row

Help the Rappahannock Food Pantry and enjoy a great show!
Tickets are going fast! Reserve yours today!

Nov. 13, 8 p.m.
The Theatre at Washington, Virginia
291 Gay St.

Frank Dixon as Mark Twain

The Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge (UUBRidge), in coordination with the Rappahannock Food Pantry, are proud to present Frank Dixon, an acclaimed local actor, in a performance of “An Evening with Mark Twain.”

A retired computer-security expert now living in Criglersville in Madison County, Dixon specializes in bringing to life America’s most famous humorist and one of its greatest writers. His program is drawn from Twain’s lectures and letters, spoken in the writer’s native Missouri twang.

Tickets are $15. Half of the net proceeds will go to the Rappahannock Food Pantry, an outgrowth of the local Plant a Row program. Volunteer gardeners in the program grow extra food for the hungry, which they take to the pantry, where it is combined with packaged food from the food bank in Warrenton and goods donations.

From opening day on June 2 through Oct 1, the Food Pantry has received close to six tons of fresh and prepared foods, along with other items. A one-dollar donation can purchase the equivalent of twelve dollars of food from a retail food store. Since the pantry opened four months ago, more than 200 individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations have contributed to it and, by the beginning of October, 198 households were enrolled as recipients.

Come enjoy a great show and help neighbors in need. To reserve tickets to “An Evening with Mark Twain,” contact UUBRidge at events@uubridge.org or (540) 937-7818. (Please do not call The Theatre.) UUBRidge (www.UUBRidge.org ) serves the counties of Rappahannock, Warren, Fauquier, Culpeper, Madison, and Page.

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The Rappahannock County food pantry opened on Tuesday, June 2, to assist all Rappahannock residents who need food. The pantry is located  at 603 Mt. Salem Avenue in Washington. Direct phone number is (540) 675-1177. The pantry manager is Mimi Forbes.

Location of food pantry, Washington VA

Please stop by any time during hours of operation, check us out, sign up to volunteer, say hello and meet Mimi Forbes, the pantry manager. The pantry is staffed by Rappahannock volunteers and managed by the Fauquier County Food Bank. Gardeners, please donate vegetables, fruit and eggs to this location – hours listed below. Volunteers will always be needed to receive produce, stock shelves, aid with distribution and perhaps make deliveries to shut-ins. Recipients: Please remember to bring your own bags and boxes.

Hours of operation will be based on need and may change. At the moment they are as follows:

Pantry questions – Mimi Forbes at 937-2067 or 222-0667, or email MimiLilacFarm@aol.com.

PAR Community Outreach questions – Cherl Crews at 937-2737, or email cielo@livingsky.org.

Volunteer Scheduling/questions – Kathy Eggers at 987-7208 or email keggers@bsgpc.com.

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Below is a shot taken in early spring of Beverly in her garden. The deer fence protects one corner of the garden, preventing the deer from eating vegetables that grow on the inside fence. (We had no problem last year with deer jumping the fence, only with them eating vegetables that grow on the fence.)

Fence erected to protect garden from foraging deer

Contributed by Hal & Bev Hunter

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