Reach Out to Youth” Wednesday the 30th

The Restaurant at Burdick Chocolate, located on Main Street in Walpole, will host a sixth annual benefit dinner for Meeting Waters YMCA’s “Reach Out to Youth Fund” on Wednesday, April 30th. That night, owners Paula and Larry Burdick will donate 10% of all dinner receipts to the regional YMCA’s youth scholarship fund.

Contributions to the Y’s Reach Out to Youth fundraising drive and the event at Burdick’s help ensure that all children have access to Meeting Waters YMCA programs. Specifically, donations support financial assistance to the regional Y’s ASPIRE after-school programs in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Putney, Bellows Falls and Walpole and its Y Day Camp, as well as underwriting some of the $20,000 cost of summer camp bussing. More than half of all children and families served by the Y’s youth development and healthy living programs receive financial assistance. In addition, the camp busing—which includes stops each day for eight weeks in Walpole, North Walpole, Charlestown, Brattleboro, Putney, Bellows Falls, Westminster, Chester and Springfield—is equally important in making the regional Y’s summer enrichment programs “accessible to all.”

According to Meeting Waters YMCA’s Executive Director, Steve Fortier, the annual event at the Restaurant at Burdick Chocolate has raised more than $4,000 for the Y’s scholarship fund over the past five years. He adds, “This event is always about people enjoying a great meal for a great cause.”

Reservations for the benefit dinner can be made by calling The Restaurant at Burdick Chocolate at 603-756-9058.

Meeting Waters YMCA is a charitable, social service organization founded in 1895. Its programs and services focus on youth development, healthy living, social responsibility and family strengthening. Its annual Reach Out to Youth Campaign is a key component of the Y’s commitment to ensuring that its programs are accessible to all youth in the Fall Mountain, Bellows Falls, Springfield and Brattleboro regions. To learn more about Meeting Waters YMCA’s services, go to http://www.meetingwatersymca.org.