Annual event aims to stock pantry: Around The Town - cleveland.com

BEREA, Ohio -- Local residents and businesses are asked to “Help Fill the Food Truck” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 9 at Berea’s Style Studio, 34 Beech St.

“For the past 12 years, our food drive has been a huge success, thanks to the generosity of our community and our clients,” studio owner Sally Herman said.

She said the annual event “helps to stock the shelves” at the Scan Hunger Pantry in Berea, providing food for Berea residents and some communities.

“We hope that this year will be equally successful," Herman said.

Her husband, John; son, Johnny; and students from Baldwin Wallace University will pitch in, manning the truck in front of the studio, and they will unload any and all donations received. “You don’t even have to get out of your car,” Herman said.

Greatly needed food items, she said, include canned and boxed items for Thanksgiving dinner, pasta and pasta sauce, rice, soup, peanut butter, jelly, cereal (hot and cold), canned fruits and vegetables, toilet paper, paper towels and personal hygiene products.

Club fundraiser: Join the fun at the Middleburg Heights Women’s Club’s “Magical 70th” anniversary and annual fundraiser -- all rolled into one entertaining event -- from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 9 at Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante, 8922 Ridge Road in North Royalton.

Rick Smith Jr., Magician & Illusionist, will provide the entertainment. The event will also feature a homemade bake sale, cash raffle, gift baskets, magical gift cards and a 50/50 raffle.

Tickets are $35 each and include your choice of chicken cordon bleu or parmesan-crusted tilapia lunch.

All proceeds will benefit the Middleburg Heights Women’s Club’s annual scholarship program and philanthropic endeavors.

For tickets, call Jan at 216-821-6151 or Kathy at 440-376-7062. Deadline for lunch tickets is Oct. 26.

If you have questions or would like to make a donation, call chairperson Angie Shinn at 216-267-7711 or co-chair Mary Lous Schwab at 550-891-1821.

Halloween festival: Middleburg Heights’ Annual “Boo in the Burg” Family Halloween Party has expanded and is now called “FallFest.”

The event will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Oct. 19 on the grounds behind City Hall, 15700 Bagley Road.

This family event will include giant inflatables, carnival games, hayrides, a petting zoo, pony rides, a dog parade, balloon artists, a softball game, Touch-A-Truck, pumpkin painting, food trucks, music by the live band RadioActive, a trick-or-treat trail, fireworks and more.

Plug in: A Tesla charging station is now available to patrons of Riverside Gables Bed and Breakfast, 50 N. Rocky River Drive in Berea. Not driving a Tesla? The inn also boasts a 240-volt level 2 universal charger that will work with most other electric-powered vehicles, including the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf.

Bowl for kids: A Charity Bowl-A-Thon to raise funds to benefit “Christmas Presents for the Kids” of the Middleburg Heights Food Pantry will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Southland Bowling Lanes, 6800 W. 130th St. in Middleburg Heights. For more information, call 440-340-9016.

There is a $15 donation per bowler, plus a product for the food pantry, such as laundry detergent, toothpaste, soap or paper products. Shoe rental is included. Six bowlers per lane. Kids are welcome and bumpers are available.

Mail donations to Bowl-a-thon, 15000 Ali Ave., Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 44130. Make checks payable to Middleburg Heights Food Pantry (write “B” if bumpers will be needed).

But be sure to call Tim Ali at 440-537-3737 to reserve a spot before mailing your check. The first 24 teams that pay will play.

This event is sponsored by Maximum Title, Ruggiero Custom Homes, Westside Auto Brokers, Machor Sage Insurance, First Security Mortgage and Tim Ali Realty.

Winners named: The Brook Park Beautification & Pride Committee’s final awards winners for August (final award for 2019) include Michael and Patricia Babal, 14188 Donald Drive; Michele Danculovic, 15635 Fayette Blvd.; Philip and Doris Tavani, 15503 Meigs Blvd.; Terry and Pamela Gardner, 6034 Greene Drive; and James and Angelo Gelsinger, 16084 Bowfin Blvd.

The committee asks winners to store their signs until next year, then put them out again next year when their homes are in order for placement. Committee spokeswoman Marilyn Cordiak said this “avoids renomination of former winners.”

If a sign is in disrepair, email Cordiak at lucordiak@aol.com.

SCAN sets hours: The SCAN Hunger Pantry, 398 W. Bagley Road, Suite 7, in Berea’s hours of operation are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second Friday of the month and from 4 to 7 p.m. on the fourth Friday of the month.

Pantry hours: The Berea Community Outreach Food Pantry, 535 Wyleswood Drive (at front of Smith School), is open from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, call 440-826-4891.

Middleburg Heights pantry: The Middleburg Heights Food Pantry at 7000 Paula Drive is open to serve clients from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and 5 to 7 p.m. Thursdays.

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