The Jeffersonville Fire Department Annual Roast Beef Dinner & Dance is tomorrow ! Saturday, October 19th from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with the dance beginning at 8 p.m. You can dine in or takeout! Takeout and sit-down dinners include the dance and will cost $20 per dinner, children 5 and under are free and a $5 entry fee for just the dance. 

October is The Great Give Back Month!  The Western Sullivan Public Library will be collecting “Winter Essentials” to redistribute into our community here in Sullivan County. From October 19th - November 2nd, they will collect items from our community members in bins  at their three  branches -  Jeffersonville, Callicoon and Narrowsburg. Then, from November 4th – 23rd, each branch will host a discreet “Give Back Box” where anyone can pick up any winter essentials they may need, no questions asked. Please consider donating any or all of the following items:  hats, scarves, gloves, socks, earmuffs, balaclavas, baby blankets & throws, small toiletries (hand lotion, Vaseline, unopened lip balm), and hand warmers. All items of clothing must be new, handmade, or lightly used & laundered. All toiletry items must be new  and unopened. Important! They  will not collect: Food, medicine, coats, jackets, undergarments, boots or shoes, sweaters, bedding (throw-style blankets only), pillows or pillowcases. To learn more about The Great Give Back, visit https://thegreatgiveback.org/ or contact WSPL’s Youth Programmer at WSPL.childrens@gmail.com.

 Join the Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District and Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County on Saturday, November 2nd from 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. for their first Pumpkin Smash and 4-H Open House event to keep pumpkins out of landfills and compost them instead. They will have pumpkin smashing, games, crafts, face painting, light refreshments, and a 4-H Open House. This event is open to all Sullivan County residents, and we hope to see you there!

For more information, go to their website at sullivancce.org or visit the Soil and Water Conservation District’s website at sullivanswcd.org.

Thank you to Hilly Acres Farm for sending hay bales down south for farms in need due to the hurricane in North Carolina and Tennessee. Also thank you to Brian Worobey of Worobey Transport for donating his time and resources to deliver this hay and to Greg McGrew of the McGrew Equipment Company for helping them to coordinate this project. If you are interested in donating hay, please contact Michael Hahn at 845-701-9582.

 “Small Town Country 4-H” is having their Live.Love.Serve.  4-H 5K Race this Sunday at the Hortonville Fire Dept. that includes their  “Fill the Truck” event too. A truck donated by Kay’s Trucking, LLC  is already half full;  donations are needed  to fill the truck! Drop off your donations at the Hortonville Fire Departments Pavilion. Racers should be off the roads by 11 a.m.