There were three separate crockpots of steaming beans on the buffet tables at the Jack Graham Community Centre Saturday morning for the first senior’s breakfast put on by the Bristol Community Association (BCA).
“We have an event in February called Cabin Fever, to get people out [of their homes] in the winter,” said Bristol councillor Debbie Kilgour while serving beans. “And I thought January would be a good month to do that as well.”
Kilgour explained that the municipality allocated funds to all the different community groups and that the BCA wanted to do something different from the usual spaghetti dinners.
BCA president Anne McConnell spent some of the morning handing out eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit, toast and muffins.
She said that the breakfast fulfilled just one part of the BCA’s mandate, which is to provide events for community members of all different ages.
The event was not merely an opportunity to share a meal with some neighbours. Attendees keen to try their hand at a new puzzle could take their pick from a table stacked high with puzzles donated by BCA volunteer Nora Findlay.
“They can exchange or take one,” McConnell said. “And then we’ll donate some to the senior’s homes.”
The BCA collected donations which will go towards updating the outdoor skating rink in Norway Bay.
“Some of the boards are rotten,” McConnell said. “It definitely needs some updating. We didn’t get grants so we’re trying to see how much money we can raise from the community.”
