Yvonne Pope, top left, Wanda Souza, right, and Betty Barney of the Valley Quilters Guild put finishing touches on "Floral Fantasy," the quilt that raised money for scholarships for local students. Each year the guild awards five $1,000 scholarships.
With winter coming to a close we can look forward to the next season. Spring? Nope, it's scholarship season. This is the time of year when students in our valley can reap the opportunities harvested by local nonprofit organizations.
For more than 20 years the San Jacinto Community Builders has hosted an annual Hamburger Bash to raise money for local youth to pursue their academic dreams.
This year's event will be co-hosted with the San Jacinto Education Foundation. It will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 27 at North Mountain Middle School, 1202 E. Seventh St. in San Jacinto. For $5, diners will get a hamburger with all the trimmings, potato salad, chips and salsa, dessert and a beverage. Take-out is also available.
I have attended the bash several times in the past and always enjoyed the food, the atmosphere and the opportunity to see familiar faces, such as co-chairs Nancy Warneke and Dee Cozart.
I have watched the kitchen bustle with activity as volunteers dish out potato salad and cooks stand over a hot grill flipping burgers at a fast pace. Bob Schroerlucke will serve as head hamburger chef again.
Kitchen supervisor Sharon Terracciano and dining room supervisor Cathy Schroerlucke will definitely have their hands full.
Bash traditions of opportunity drawings and boutique tables with handmade items for sale will be back, along with live music by the Biscuit Hill Band led by Rick and Sandy Van Der Linden. Table coordinators are Joan Rhodes and Sandy Weedman and Betty Garcia will coordinate the drawings.
Rose Salgado will supervise the dessert table. In the past the choices were cakes and pies of all kinds. It was very hard to decide on just one.
"This is a wonderful time for the community to come together and support the youth of our area," said Warneke.
Information, 951-654-4550.
Stitching for students
The recent Valley Quilters Guild 30th annual Quilt Show displayed "Floral Fantasy" -- an 88-inch by 88-inch quilt created by guild members during the past several months. Each year the group sells tickets for a chance to win a philanthropic quilt and the money goes into its scholarship fund to award $1,000 each to five students.
"Last year our totals were down because of the economy and we only had enough for four scholarships," said Valley Quilters Guild president Rose Rhoads. She said a guild member anonymously donated $1,000 so the group could continue its tradition of giving out five.
"We accept scholarship applications from local public and public charter schools in the Hemet-San Jacinto area," said Rhoads. "A 3.0 or higher scholastic average is expected. Applicants must be majoring in art, textiles or teaching."
The win-win opportunity quilt drawing will help local students keep on track with their education and it will also keep the winning ticket holder warm.
"The husband of a guild member won the quilt," said Rhoads. "It's always exciting when someone we know gets the quilt."
This year's Opportunity Quilt winner was James Fidler, of Hemet. His wife is Mary Fidler, a former guild president and past quilt show chair.
It will be May before we know which students win -- or rather earn -- scholarships awarded by Valley Quilters Guild.
Information, www.valleyquilters.org
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