Food Bank Donations

We're once again collecting non-perishable food items for the Danville-Riverside Food Bank. Here are some suggestions as to items to bring to donate.

• Raisins or other dried fruit
• Laundry soap, bath/hand soap
• Canned beef stew and/or chili
• Canned meat such as Spam or chicken
• Jello or pudding, including diet varieties
• Canned pasta (spaghetti, ravioli, etc.)
• Instant mashed potatoes
• Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate
• Cooking oil
• Mayonnaise/Salad Dressing
• Dry cereal and oatmeal
• Baking and pancake mixes
• Dry macaroni or noodles
• Tomato products such as paste, diced, stewed, crushed
• Sugar and sugar supplements

This list was edited from one on the State College Area Food Bank website. Their list said they had sufficient supplies of soup and canned tuna. The Danville-Riverside Food Bank is probably in the same situation.

We're looking into whether the Danville-Riverside Food Bank accepts gift cards.

Once again, if you can bring more donated food than the combined total of the DGS Presidents, we'll buy beer for you all day.

50 Days Until 2008 Elk Toss

The Elk Toss is coming soon. Can you hear the far off sound of an elk bugle?

You can prepare for the event by doing the following:

• Gather items to donate to the charity auction
• Practice Elk Tossing (large goats are a suitable for practice if an elk is not available)
• Make arrangements if you plan to stay in Danville overnight. We recommend the Pine Barn Inn (800-627-2776, www.pinebarninn.com). Note that we found the online rates were $20 higher than reservations over the phone.
• Collect non-perishable food items to donate to the Danville-Riverside Food Bank
• Obtain Lederhosen if you don't have them already
• Become fluent in PA Dutch and/or German

A few other items to note:

• Like last year, Slimfit will play at the Pub II at 10pm after the Elk Toss.
• A detailed schedule of the weekend's events will be posted here soon.

No Elk for 2008?

Due to concerns about Chronic Wasting Disease in elk, the DGS Elk Handler and 74 time Elk Toss Champion Franz Klingermann is looking into whether we should not toss an elk this year. He has made contact with a Montour County goat farmer and it looks like we could get a large goat if necessary.

Friday Night Concert

Friday February 15, 2008 at the Liberty Valley Fire Company...

Van and the Wagners (AKA Van Wagner and members of Slimfit)

More details later.

2008 Elk Toss Date

It's been a while since a posting from the DGS. We're still here, and we're in the process of planning another Elk Toss. It will be held on February 16, 2008, in and around Danville, as always.

Up-to-date information regarding the event, including the schedule, will be posted here when it is ready. Other information will be posted on the DGS website.

A few items from last year - we still do not know of the whereabouts of the Elk Toss Trophy. If you took it last year, please return it. We won't ask any questions.

The 2007 Elk Toss resulted in $1550 being donated to several charities and a grocery cart or two of food to the local food bank. The charities were as follows:
Good Samaritan Fund: $300
Northcentral PA Conservancy: $300
Centre Wildlife Care: $400
Montour Summer Concert Series: $150
Danville family displaced by fire: $300
Todd Summer's Trip to Germany: $100*

*As a condition of this donation, Todd was supposed to provide a full report of his activities while in Germany. We expect to see this prior to the 2008 Elk Toss or we will ask for our money back.