The second annual Maple Fest Dinner to benefit PINS! (Partners in Service) was held on Saturday, March 20. 21 volunteers worked to transform Willard Hall into a dining room so 65 guests could dine family style on turkey roasted with a maple-cranberry-bourbon glaze, maple-sweetened baked beans, maple-glazed carrots, cranberry sauce, maple bread and muffins, and our favorite maple-dressed crucifer salad. The bountiful dessert table included a large assortment of pies and cakes, all made with maple syrup. Following dessert and coffee, we held a lively raffle  that included cases of spring water, an original painting, a felted handbag, jewelry, a 1930’s quilt, a quilted wall hanging and, of course, lots of maple syrup. 

We raised over $700 to benefit PINS, who help foster children and families-at-risk in the area.