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The 70th Annual Roast Pork and Sauerkraut Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church to benefit Trinity Lutheran School will be taking place starting at 5 p.m. on June 13. All dinners will be by delivery or takeout. For more details call the school office at (231) 723-8700 or go on the churche's website at Trinitymanistee.com. (File photo)
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The 70th Annual Roast Pork and Sauerkraut Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church to benefit Trinity Lutheran School will be taking place starting at 5 p.m. on June 13. All dinners will be by delivery or takeout. For more details call the school office at (231) 723-8700 or go on the churche's website at Trinitymanistee.com. (File photo)
lessThe 70th Annual Roast Pork and Sauerkraut Supper at Trinity Lutheran Church to benefit Trinity Lutheran School will be taking place starting at 5 p.m. on June 13. All dinners will be by delivery or takeout. For
... moreMANISTEE — For the past 70 years the annual Roast Pork and Sauerkraut Supper and Silent Auction at Trinity Lutheran School has been serving as the school's main fundraiser.
The popular dinner, which usually draws in 600-plus people, was scheduled to take place in March, but was shut down when Michigan residents were told to shelter at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that restrictions on the pandemic are being eased on some events, organizers are bringing back the popular dinner. However, it will be in a slightly different format than what people have come to know.
What will remain the same is the meal that has been a favorite of many for seven decades, but, as dinner chairperson Greg Staffeld explained, the way they serve it up and hold the silent auction this year, beginning at 5 p.m. on June 13, will be quite a bit different. It is being done with the concept of keeping everyone safe from being among a large gathering in a limited space.
"For the first time ever we are going to be doing it as carry-out and delivery only," said Staffeld. "We feel that since it is such an intimate dinner when we gather in the gym, it would be difficult to hold it with the restrictions that are in place. We would have to change so many things, and it didn't seem feasible to do it that way."
Staffeld said that people love the dinner so much that they wanted to make sure they would still have it in some form and have put together a plan that should work well.
"People were telling us that they love that sauerkraut so much, and it is the best they have all year," he said. "We want to make sure we're doing it in a way that is appropriate and that falls in line with the current events."
Staffeld said they will begin starting deliveries at 5 p.m., and people who were already signed up when the meal was canceled will be the first to receive their meals. He said then subsequent deliveries will give the option of 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. until the time slots are filled.
"We are asking that people call the school office at (231) 723-8700 by Thursday (June 11) to get their delivery order in and to get a dinner, " said Staffeld. "Another big change is we are not going to require tickets anymore, but we will still honor the ones that have been sold. However, anyone who wants a meal is welcome to call for a delivery or come and get a carryout. It costs $12 a person and $10 for senior citizens and $4 for kids."
This year they will be accepting credit cards at the door pickups, and that is a big change considering they haven't accepted credit cards before. Checks and cash will still be accepted too.
Trinity Lutheran School principal Tina Fisk said school officials were so glad they could work something out because the funds raised from this dinner go right back into the school to help with the children's education.
"We have purchased a lot of technology pieces with the funds like Chromebooks and laptop computers," said Fisk. "It has also gone for upkeep like furniture, rugs for the rooms and a lot of things like improvement items that help the kids in the learning process."
Staffeld said even the silent auction will be done in a different manner this year to help keep everyone safe.
"We are going to do the silent auction 100 percent online this year," said Staffeld. "So, we will give out an auction booklet with every meal. In that booklet we will have all our sponsors listed and the booklet will have a picture of each item along with a description of it and the starting bid. The auction will go live online on Sunday (June 14) morning and will run through Tuesday (June 16) to give people time to look through the program and to bid on the items."
Being able to still hold the auction was something the committee members were excited about.
"Again, with the social distancing thing we normally have people touching the items and getting close to each other to bid," said Staffeld. "So, we didn't think it would be possible to do it in person. We are aware it may limit some people who may not have internet access, but our hope is in those cases they may have a friend, child or grandchild who will help them make a bid."
Staffeld did point out that they will still set up the silent auction items in the gymnasium, so those people doing pick-up will get the chance to look at them before making a bid.
"We are going to ask that people not touch the items, but they can still look at them," he said. "Our plans are to take all the necessary steps to stay within guidelines. All of our volunteer staff will be wearing masks and gloves. We want to make sure we are serving everything safely and to adapt with the way everything has changed."
He added this is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the school and without being able to do it would take away some much needed funding from the school.
"Our hope is that people will just bear with us in these times and be understanding, as it is just as new for us as everyone else," he said. "As much as we don't want to change things, it is important to hold this fundraiser and carry on this tradition."
People looking for more information can go to Trinitymanistee.com to find out all the details on the dinner.
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