Meet and greet for senior center makes a difference
Donors, Rotarians, seniors and others gathered as the first shipment of beef was delivered. Marcia Vee is seated in the middle of an impromptu gathering after a fundraising effort led to a donation of more than 400 pounds of beef a ton of goodwill.
Photo courtesy DAVID KEYES
It seemed like a good idea at the time…and by the time Casey Gannon got off the phone on that particular Friday, the Boundary County Senior Center ended up with what could be more than 400 pounds of beef as well as a ton of goodwill.
Gannon, the manager of Accurate Northwest in Bonners Ferry, had an idea the senior center might need assistance after he talked to a few Rotarians and other people around town.
“We were too late to buy an animal at the fair,” he said. “But the need was real as I found out.”
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