Community made Festival of Chocolate a success

Emmanuel Lutheran Church would like to thank the community for helping us with our 10th annual Festival of Chocolate. The turnout was wonderful and all had a great time. We saw folks that come out every year for this event as well as some new faces.

Thanks go to the Cheney Free Press for the nice piece in the newspaper and to those businesses in Cheney that allowed a flyer in their windows. We want to thank the Thrivent Action Team for the “seed money” that purchased the needed food and beverages for the kitchen.

Marcia Mecklenburg headed up the “Get Fit Bag” and the congregation helped fill it with great items. The “Get Fit Bag” was won by Jessica Venegas.

The crew at Dr. Martinssen’s Cheney Dental Clinic provided a “Dental Basket” that was awarded to Jacob, sorry we didn’t get a last name. The quilt top was donated by Suzette Mangini and was completed by Mary Henningsen and awarded to Chantel Spencer.

We want to thank all of the volunteers from Emmanuel that helped set up, worked during the event and cleaned up afterwards. Last, but not least, we want to thank the congregation that brought either home-baked or purchased chocolate items for the buffet tables. All of you helped get our Vacation Bible School program off to a good start.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Cheney