OSL 4^TH ANNUAL SPRINGFEST

OSL will be hosting our 4^th annual Springfest to be held Sunday, April 22^nd from 10:30 am until 2:00 pm. We will offer BBQ chicken or brisket plates with all the trimmings, live and silent auction, general store, cake walk, cup raffle and children’s games. We will pre-sell tickets and will be happy to give out a bundle for you to sell around town, to your friends, neighbors, etc. Please contact Alan Carroll, Gina Eliot or Kathy Kern or stop by the Information Desk. Tickets will be available for sale mid-February. Ticket price will be $7.00. We will also have fliers to display at businesses if you want to hand them out.

We are in need of live and silent auction items, country store items (homemade baked goods, canned/pickled goods, and handcrafted items) and cakes for the Cake Walk. Please do not send any previously used items. If you can donate any of these items, please contact Alan Carroll at 579-0112. If you are blessed with woodworking, quilting or other unique talents please consider donating items to be used in the auctions.

There is also a sheet at the Information Desk to donate various food items needed for the Springfest. If you are interested in donating the monetary funds for any of these items please sign your name on the sheet at the Information Desk and put your donation in an envelope and write on it “Springfest food donation”. You can drop it either in the offering plate or the collection box at the Information Desk. Below is a current list of items:

Bread 80-100 loaves $100.00              Chicken 15-17 boxes - $90.00/ box

Plastic Ware - $40.00                          Brisket14-18 boxes -$125.00/box

Pickles 3 containers - $10.00/each     Beans 5 bags - $15.00/bag

Plates (inside) 1 case - $35.00            Plates (to go) 8 cases-$40.00/case

Seasonings - $45.00   

Of course to make this event successful, we will need many workers. If you would like to help with any part of this function please sign up at the information desk.        Blessings, Alan

The recipients for donations from this year’s Springfest will be: Bluebonnet Youth Ranch 25%, The Vine School – a Christian school for the autistic 25%, OSL ministries/mission/outreach 25%, OSL Gideon ministry and OSL scholarship fund 25%.

SPRINGFEST MEETING

Our next Springfest meeting will be Thursday, February 9^th at 6:00pm in the MPR.