PRESENTATIONS
Gary Roman introduced Rohan Badrinth, Rohan is a junior Avon High School and an Eagle Scout. Rohan has been volunteering at Healing Meals for the past year and a half and is planning to combine his efforts at Healing Meals with an Eagle Scout project. Rohan is working with a Simsbury farmer who provides 100% of his fruits and vegetables to Healing Meals by planning to build an enclosure around the plants to protect them from animals.
The enclosure will be 20x120 feet to be built over blueberry and raspberry bushes this summer. Rohan is submitting his project to the Eagle Scouts for approval on February 24 and has high confidence it will be accepted. The project will cost $4,000 and Rohan currently has $2,000 from sponsors and is actively fundraising for the remaining half. Rohan believes that he will need 5-10 scouts and/or volunteers to help him build the structure once funds are raised and believes the project will be complete by the end of the summer.
Taste of the Valley Update
Josh Gillooly & Colleen Grasso
The Taste of the Valley event is scheduled to take place on May 15, 2021 at the Golf Club of Avon. This will be the 14th year. Per the governor's guidelines up to 100 people can be allowed to gather indoors. While we will be monitoring guidelines closely, Lisa and The Golf Club of Avon is generously donating both indoor and outdoor space that can allow for up to 300 attendees. The main differences of this event from years past will be masking, spacing between guests and vendors. No Shoes Nation, a Kenny Chesney cover band will be the entertainment. Guests who bought tickets last year were given the option to roll over this year, donate the funds or get a refund.
Vendors that have committed:
ShopRite
Dish n Dat
Pamona Pizza
Bento Sushi
110 Grill
Brewery Legitimus
M&R Liquors
The TOTV committee is open to more vendors.
The Taste of the Valley Committee needs:
Baskets, volunteers, participants, vendors, gifts, sponsors! - Whatever you can do is appreciated.
Scribe note - apologies for no photos, the Early Riser platform is giving me great difficulty embedding them!
