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Wellsville’s monthly Community Meal brings people together BY KATHRYN ROSS
WELLSVILLE — In what can be hard times for many, individuals in need of a hot meal or just socialization have been able to get a free meal each month thanks to the concern and generosity of a small group of their neighbors. For nearly three years, Wellsville residents have been urged to partake of a free meal each month as part of the Community Meal Program. It is not sponsored by a religious organization or a club or social service, but is made possible by caring volunteers. Over the years the gathering has become as much as a so-
Photo by Kathryn Ross Diners enjoy the Community Meal on Saturday at Wellsville’s David A. Howe Memorial Library.
cial program as a meal program providing sustenance for the soul as well as the body. It stems from the Saturday free meal program once held at the Christian Temple.
Due to COVID-19 and other factors, that meal program ended. Those who cooked and served the meal each Saturday, however, still wanted to help others. “There were still
hungry people out there who would benefit from a free meal,” Roxy Schmidt, one of the Community Meal organizers, said. At first, the group arranged for local restaurants to offer free food through a voucher system. Texas Hot, Modern Diner and Pizza King participated. Then Nic Gunning, director of the David A. Howe Library, suggested a free meal could be served at the library. The committee with Schmidt, Kim Toot, Leslie Gooch, Bill Nash, Emily Stothart, Carol Stewart, Mary Ruck, Robin Kellogg, Joyce Derx, and Mike Evans liked the idea. However, the kitchen
facilities at the library are small, so it was quickly realized that the meal would have to be cooked elsewhere and brought into the library to be served. The church kitchen was no longer available. “We didn’t know how many people to cook for in the beginning,” Schmidt said. Early on, between 15 and 18 people showed up for the meal. Many of them were the same people who had shown up for the meals at the former church. Today volunteers cook for and serve as many as 50 people on the third Saturday of the month for the Community Meal, Schmidt estimated.
Too many cooks haven’t spoiled the broth, either. Quickly realizing that it would be difficult for one small group of individuals to coordinate, plan, prepare and serve a meal every month, the word spread that help was needed. Now, each month a different group prepares and serves the monthly meal. Over the months ACCORD, Ardent Solutions, the County Democratic Committee, Genesee Valley Media, Grace United Church, Mud Club, Presbyterian Church, Rotary, Sorority, The Wellsville Development Corp., York’s Wellsville Community Meal continued on PAGE 5
Bolivar-Richburg to merge with Portville/Cuba-Rushford program It joined another program. B-R has merged with the Portville/Cuba-Rushford program for the 2025 season, and the foreseeable future, B-R athletic director Dustin Allen and Portville/C-R coach Josh Brooks confirmed on Tuesday night. The administrations at both B-R and Portville had since passed the motion before it was made official with a majority vote at a Cuba-Rushford school board meeting on Tuesday night. This, Allen maintained, was the only move that could have been made to pre-
BY J.P. BUTLER
The Bolivar-Richburg football team was forced to forfeit the final five games of the 2024 season due to low numbers. The Wolverines had a number of younger players who would have been better suited for the JV level, had B-R been able to offer one. They were set to welcome back very few varsity-level players — on an 8-man team — in 2025. And so, Bolivar-Richburg made the only decision it could under those circumstances:
serve the availability of football to students at Bolivar-Richburg. And, though difficult to make, it will allow the now-three-school cooperative to provide three full 11-man levels. “We wanted to provide a JV, modified and varsity level where (the kids) are playing at the appropriate levels, and this offers that,” Allen said. “We have a great group coming up from our youth football team that won the youth football title this year. The future is bright. But to keep all three B-R Football Merge continued on PAGE 6
File photo The Bolivar-Richburg football program, which has struggled with numbers, will emerge with Portville/Cuba-Rushford.
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