For the first time in its 64-year history, the Juneau Ski Sale will also function as a food drive.<\/p>\n
For about a decade Malou Peabody has helped plan the annual ski sale, and for just as long she has marveled at the crowd the event draws.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes the line wraps all the way around Centennial Hall,\u201d Peabody said, noting that skiers will often stand in line from about 6:30 a.m. till the sale opens at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
While planning the event this year, she came up with an idea to capitalize on this \u201ccaptive audience.\u201d Each person who brings a nonperishable food item \u2014 particularly Thanksgiving items, such as instant mashed potatoes, canned green beans or cranberry sauce \u2014 will get a cup of coffee courtesy of Heritage.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of Juneau residents pack the convention center each year, looking for new pairs of skis or snowboards. It\u2019s Peabody\u2019s hope that while they prepare for a winter on the slopes, they also think about those who are preparing for a winter on the streets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great time of year,\u201d she said. \u201cEverybody is thinking about their winter needs, but some people\u2019s needs are very basic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The food collected at this year\u2019s Ski Sale, which is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 5, will go to the Glory Hole, downtown Juneau\u2019s homeless shelter. From there, the food will be packaged into Thanksgiving dinner boxes and given to those in need.<\/p>\n
Because the sale will take place in early November, Peabody thinks the food drive will help raise awareness for the Glory Hole\u2019s project, and that\u2019s crucial if it is to succeed, according to homeless shelter\u2019s director Mariya Lovishchuk.<\/p>\n
\u201cAwareness is super important,\u201d she told the Empire in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. \u201cI can\u2019t emphasize how important it is because winter is so hard here. Each year people die on the streets in Juneau.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past, the Glory Hole has struggled to get enough turkeys for its Thanksgiving dinner boxes. Typically, the homeless shelter produces about 300 of these packaged to prepare meals each year, which is the goal this year, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo connect people to each other this way, I think, is really beautiful,\u201d Lovishchuk said.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact reporter Sam DeGrave at 523-2279 or sam.degrave@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n
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