Hamburg Grange #2103
Raises Money to Donate to Muscular Dystrophy
by Carl Meiss

left to right: Michelle Heffner, Anna Heffner and Barbara Heffner with poster about Roy Heffner

I had the privilege of helping Hamburg Grange #2103, Berks County, serve an all-you-can eat chicken pot pie dinner to raise money for Muscular Distrophy on Saturday, February 16.

The money was raised and will be donated in the name of Roy Heffner, one of Hamburg's Charter Members, who lost his battle with Muscular Dystrophy last year. Roy's wife Anna and daughter Barb are both members of Hamburg Grange #2103 (daughter Michelle of Shillington also participated).

The entire dinner was quite amazing. You see, Hamburg Grange only has about 20 members at the moment, having grown from their original 14 charter members since November, 2005. And they served over 400 people in a little less than 3 hours!

This year's pot pie dinner was held at the Hamburg Area High School cafeteria. They held a similar dinner last year in the Hamburg Senior Center in the Hamburg Borough Building where the Grange meets but quickly outgrew that space.

In addition to the money raised from the dinner itself, the Grange held a Chinese Auction and sold baked goods throughout the meal. They had hoped to raise at least $2,000 to donate and it looks like they surpassed their goal. They raised an additional $600 just on the Chinese Auction!