Support EGYHOP with a blanket-piling contest!
Come spend a (rainy?) afternoon at the Olympia Film Festival, help support the “best charity in the South Sound”, and take your shot at becoming a world record holder!
Saturday, November 12that 1:15pm, La Pivellina (“a film about a cosmos of outcasts in present-day Italy: a moving tale of courage and discrimination, of loss and togetherness”) is a benefit screening for EGYHOP (Emma Goldman Youth and Homeless Outreach Project). EGYHOP volunteers provide direct services & supplies to homeless & low-income community members on the streets of Olympia, 365 nights a year.
Bring a blanket to donate to EGYHOP (& help someone through the winter), and you can enter your name to be the next world record holder for “Most Blankets Piled On a Person”. Joseph Nagy from Lanoka Harbor, New Jersey, has successfully set this “world record” with 15 blankets… We think we can BEAT THAT!!
We must have over 15 blankets from the community in order to BEAT THIS RECORD!! (Chosen “record setter” will receive an on-line photo of self under blankets and bragging rights with all of your friends).
http://recordsetter.com/world-record/blankets-piled-person/7812
http://www.lapivellina.com/Synopsis/tabid/59/Default.aspx
“What am I? Chopped Liver?”
Edie and Ben Bean celebrated 55 years of marriage at Delifest a few years ago. photo courtesy of China Star
DeliFest, a local tradition in celebration of Jewish cuisine celebrates it’s 9th year!
50-odd years ago, a newly-wed Olympia wife pulled out a sauté pan, threw in onions, chicken livers and schmaltz. Then, looking down into the sizzling mixture, eggs boiling nearby, grinder the ready, she opened her heart and poured in some love.
Today, Edie Bean is renowned in the community for her long living Jewish roots and delicious traditional cooking. Her chopped liver has sold at auctions for hundreds of dollar a pound.
Alongside the Deli Dames – the most talented Jewish balebustas in the South Sound area (we’re talking modern day homemakers: working women who take care of the home while mothering their community) – Edie’s busted her tuckus for countless years with local fundraising.
This idea of giving in loving kindness speaks not only Jewish people, but transcends the boundaries of all cultures. As humans we’re naturally predisposed to love and giving. We do this by performing charity, by communing with neighbors, and above all during the graceful moments when we perform the simple activities of daily life.
That’s why this year, in the spirit of generosity and celebration, the Olympia community at large can finally taste an authentic slice of culture by grabbing up a serving of Edie’s Famous Chopped Liver.
DeliFest, a fundraiser for the local Temple Beth Hatfiloh, takes place Sunday, November 6 at 4:30pm. Sample Kosher Corned Beef, fresh baked Bagel Brother’s Rye Bread, dill pickles, coleslaw, lovingly baked Deli Dame deserts, and for the first time, Edie’s Famous chopped liver. Vegetarian and Kosher Hot Dog alternatives also available.
Tickets, $18 advance or $20 at the door, are available at Olympia Supply, Bagel Brothers, or from your local mensch. [China Star]
Food bank benefits from bumper crop of campus produce
The Thurston County Food Bank received more than 11,000 pounds of fresh produce from this year’s harvest of the east Capitol Campus planter beds, more than double the amount from last year. The Olympia Kiwanis Club grows the food for donation to the food bank.
Nearly 300 individuals donated time for the planting and harvesting. The volunteers include students from Lincoln, Pioneer and Madison elementary schools; Olympia High School Key Club; GRuB, a local food-growing volunteer organization; The Evergreen State College; and state employees working alongside Kiwanis and food bank staff.
In the coming weeks, the Kiwanis will begin planting garlic for harvest next year, and there are tentative plans to bring more beds into cultivation to further expand the harvest.
For more information on the Kiwanis Gardens, please contact Don Leaf (360)-357-7188