With another 150 plates of ham and perogies served, the Veregin Hall rests a bit more firmly as the community’s social centre.
The third annual Save the Hall fundraiser, which was held January 13, was, like the previous two, a success, said Nadia Reibin, president of the Veregin New Horizons Inc.
“We had people from all over attending,” Reibin said, listing the communities of Veregin, Kamsack, Canora and Mikado as places from which supporters of the project came.
Reibin said that the committee had decided to reduce the number of seats in the hall in order to give everyone “a bit more elbow room” at the tables so fewer tickets to the meal were sold.
“With the money from the meal and from donations, we expect we will have made almost the same amount as we made in the other two years,” she said.
At the hall, diners filled their plates with perogies, ham, meatballs in sauce, corn, coleslaw, tossed salad, buns and pickles, and then for dessert, people had their choice of wheat salad or a Hawaiian salad with tea, coffee or juices.
The event included a cash bar and the sale of 50/50 tickets. The winner of the draw received about $490.
Money from the fundraiser will be going towards the purchase of new chairs for the coffee shop, she said.
“Awesome volunteers cooked the food, Reibin said, mentioning the “ladies from Kamsack who came out to pinch perogies.”
“It was a good outing for them,” she said. They made 80 dozen perogies for the supper.
The committee’s efforts have done much to improve the condition of the hall and adjoining coffee shop. A new furnace for the coffee shop and a commercial dishwasher had been previously purchased and among the improvements made in the past year are: new tables and chairs for the hall, a new commercial mixer for the kitchen, a new stand-up cooler and painting of the ceilings.
“But there’s still lots to do,” she said, mentioning the painting of the outside of the building, new flooring for the centre, having the hardwood floor in the hall redone, and replacing the hall’s furnace.
Reibin encourages everyone wishing to continue to support the hall to remember that the third annual shishliki supper will be served at the hall at the end of April.
