Dec 6 – FREE Santa Photos at Ashley HomeStore, 2pm – 5pm
Dec 6 – Christmas Jubilee & Music, 5:30pm, Downtown Square
Dec 6 – Lighted Christmas Parade, 6:30pm
Dec 7 – ARISE Holiday Gift Wrapping FUNdraiser, 9am-4pm, 801 W. 18th St.
Dec. 7 – Heritage Bowl, ENMU vs. Southern Arkansas University, 12 noon KSEL
Dec 9 – Produce to People, 11am-12:30pm, Memorial Building
Dec 12 – The Emergency Food Assistance Program Meeting, noon, Chamber
As many of you may know, The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) that has operated at a high level in Portales since its inception is in need of a new and permanent location and its operation has been suspended until that time. A meeting to explore the options will be held next week at the Chamber with Kathy Shafer, President of the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico and others organizing the effort to restart the program. Below is the agenda. Please attend.
What: Roosevelt County Emergency Food Programs Stakeholders Meeting
Date: Thursday December 12, 2019
Time: Noon
Location: Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce
Goal: To unite feeding organizations and grow current capacity of established feeding organizations in Roosevelt County
Agenda:
• Introductions
• Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico organizational overview
• Overview of TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) Federal Program
• Current locations/sites to access the TEFAP Program in Roosevelt County
• Questions about the TEFAP
• Why the need for partner agency and site in Portales?
• Open Discussion about ways to increase food distributions in Roosevelt County
• Set meeting date for continued discussions about hunger relief in Roosevelt County
Dec 12 – Free Family Christmas movie “The Grinch”, 6pm, Yam Theatre
Dec 14 – ENMU Commencement, 10am, Greyhound Arena
Dec 17 – Chamber Christmas Open House/Potluck, Chamber, 11:30am-1pm
