Deborah Potter McCormick, (540) 463-7652, [email protected] Rockbridge CAN (Connect and Nourish) will host a professionally catered community dinner served dine-in style otoday, Wednesday, Jan. 21, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Palmer Community Center located at 1230 Blue Grass Trail, Lexington. The Lexington Catering Company will be providing the evening’s meal.
The Collierstown Presbyterian Women will hold their winter meeting on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All women in the church family are invited to attend this planning meeting for 2026.
The Collierstown Presbyterian Church’s “Souper Bowl of Caring” food drive has begun. This year’s drive has as its theme “Pack the Porch” for those with food needs. The railed porch area at the entrance to the church’s two front doors will be the food collection site on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The goal for this year’s event is to fill the porch completely with canned food, paper products and monetary gifts that will be donated to Helping Hands, a food ministry of Fairfield Presbyterian Church.
The Collierstown Presbyterian Church family invites the community and its churches to help by bringing donations to the church on Saturday, Feb. 7. Volunteers will pick up donations if requested and will be on hand to help place items on the porch that day. Contributions may also be dropped off at Cattlemen’s Market any business day Monday through Friday the week of Feb. 2-6.
For more information on becoming a “Porch Volunteer” or to arrange a donation pick-up, call the church at (540) 463-5918. Monetary gifts can be mailed to Collierstown Presbyterian Church, 31 Church Drive, Lexington, VA 24450 and should be designated for “Pack the Porch.”
The Effinger mobile food pantry, a service provided by the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University, RARA and the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, will be open on the second Thursday of every month from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Effinger Volunteer Fire Department. Free groceries that include fresh produce, frozen meat and non-perishable items will be available for those with food needs. There are no income restrictions on using this service. The Effinger mobile food pantry’s next day of operation is Thursday, Feb. 12.
The Effinger Ruritan Club has a variety of health care and adaptive equipment available for loan to individuals recuperating from falls, surgery or for use while undergoing physical therapy. Items like walkers, canes, wheelchairs, and other adaptive equipment may be borrowed from the Ruritan Club at no charge. For more information or to secure an item for use in rehabilitation contact Club President Chris Cartwright at (540) 461-0113.
