FREMONT â The student council at Fremont Middle School has been on a roll.
Since one of their early efforts at raising money for the Fremont Community Church Food Pantry started, this year the students raised $1,800, blasting out of the water their goal of $1,500.
This comes after just a few short years ago the fifth-grade-sixth grade student council had a goal of $500 for the Pantry.
âI donât know if you realize how many people who live here that are hungry,â said Melissa Higbee, director of the Pantry. âYou guys just bought a lot of food for a lot of families.â
In mid February, post office boxholders in Eagle will be receiving two $20 Eagle Bucks vouchers to spend at community businesses.
Beginning next month, Eagle residents can go on a little spending spree, compliments of the town and complimentary to local businesses.
To benefit, all residents need to do is pick up their mail and head out to a participating business to redeem their Eagle Bucks.
The Eagle Town Council has allocated $95,000 for the Eagle Bucks promotion. The program is modeled on similar promotions in Basalt, Vail, Boulder and other communities in Colorado. In mid-February, the town will mail out two $20 vouchers to all Eagle post office box holders. Those vouchers can then be redeemed for goods and services at participating local businesses. The program is slated to run through April 15.