Fudge Makes Christmas Giving A Little Sweeter

Fudge Makes Christmas Giving A Little Sweeter

+ click to enlarge News staff photos by Tara Vocino David Nash, who turned 80 on Friday, tries a sample of chocolate peanut butter fudge from The Farm at Baptist Common at the Senior/Community Center’s Sugar Rush and Candy Sale on Friday. TEMPLETON –– The Farm at Baptist Common and the Friends of the Templeton Elders sponsored a Sugar Rush and Candy Sale on Friday afternoon to help pay for siding, a kitchen or a wheelchair lift for the Senior/Community Center. Friends President Gail Noel said $97 in candy was sold at the senior center, at 16 Senior Drive in Baldwinville, during the first hour of the sale. The Friends is a major fundraising source for the center. The Farm at Baptist Common will donate half of its profits. David Nash, who turned 80 years old on Friday, said he was in quandary about which fudge flavors to purchase. “I’m looking at all of the choices, and there’s no bad choices,” Mr. Nash said, pointing to Mr. Brook’s fudge selection. “They all look delicious.” Mr. Nash said the raspberry and chocolate mint fudge looks tempting. Since he already finished Christmas shopping, he said the fudge will be a Christmas treat for him and his wife, Margaret “Peggy.” He said he came to support seniors less fortunate than him. “Being seniors ourselves, we can relate to their needs,” Mr. Nash said. “For us, we’re healthier than most since we don’t have limitations or aren’t handicapped. But there are a lot of seniors who do. Our day will come.” Mr. Nash said that some people still have shopping to do with another week until Christmas Day. He said he waited one year until Christmas Eve to go shopping and called it a big mistake. His sister, Barbara Nash DeCoff, 78, said she bought most of her Christmas gifts, but she will distribute the goodies to her mail carriers, trash men, newspaper delivery boys and co-workers. “Fudge is a good gift for people who you don’t know too well,” Ms. Nash DeCoff. She said she hasn’t decided which flavors since there are too many choices. Ms. Nash DeCoff said she decided to show her support and baked more than four pounds of fudge: pumpkin spice, peanut butter crunch, chocolate chips and Butterfinger. “The senior center is a very active and friendly group,” she said. “They deserve everyone’s support.” Serge Richard, 62, of Winter Street, East Templeton, said he bought melted snowmen, raspberry/strawberry/apricot squares, truffles and chocolate/ peanut butter fudge for guests and grandchildren. He admitted that he’ll sneak some in, too. He discussed why he supports the senior center. “I might have a little bit myself,” Mr. Richard said. “When it’s for a good cause, you don’t ask questions. You just do it. It’s always good to help out the ‘wisdomed’ people now that we’re here right along with them.” Mary Fuller, 72, bought melting snowmen and candy acorns for her great-grandchildren. She admitted that she needs to watch what she buys since her husband, Darrell, 72, who has dementia and diabetes, will want to eat the candy if he sees it. Ms. Fuller came out, because she’d like to see the senior center have a new kitchen. “A lot of the Meals on Wheels are home delivered, but we could service a lot more people in-house if we have a kitchen,” Ms. Fuller said. “When we host activities, we have to bring food from home that’s cooked and ready-to-serve.”