Me at work. Not too shabby :)
A group of lovely VISTAs journeyed by car, ferry and golf cart on Tuesday to Put-In-Bay Island in Lake Erie for a Resource Fair.
Mo's cart had some lack-of-speed issues, but she loved driving it anyway.
The OBB Mobile Express came too!
The fair was inside the island's fire house/senior center.
Not too many people came through the fair, but we did get a chance to talk to several other agencies and some sites around the island, as well as got a write-up in the island paper, so hopefully we got the word out a little more.
We found out that the island's only grocery store does not accept food stamps. So for the several island families who have food stamps, getting food is quite a process, especially in the winter, when the only way off the island is by plane or snowmobile if the lake is frozen enough.
Hopefully the owner will sign on as a USDA retailer so that food stamps can be used on the island. Especially because it's easy to apply online and doesn't cost the store anything to implement.
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