Circle of Care community assessment, pies and apples

Circle of Care’s community assessment survey results are coming in and the numbers are telling an interesting story.

It’s clear at this point in our information gathering that the majority of our respondents feel strongly that Point Roberts needs a physical facility in the form of a retirement community/assisted living facility.

However, for our numbers to fully represent the views of the community, we need your input as well. If you haven’t completed the survey, please visit bit.ly/3DjQQ9y.

The Circle of Care blackberry pie fundraiser is back! The delicious blackberry pies are made with an oatmeal crumble crust and piled high with picked-at-their-peak Point Roberts blackberries.

Please get your orders in before noon on Tuesday, August 31 by email to prcircleofcare@gmail.com. Include your name, phone number and how many 9-inch ($20) or 5-inch ($8) pies you’d like to order. We will notify you when and where to pick up your pies via email.

Once again, Circle of Care will sponsor the Point Roberts Apple Harvest Festival on the weekend of September 24 through 26. There will be apple pressing with a beautiful, handmade electric press, which can press many gallons of apples per hour.

The Benson Road Gardeners will show attendees and their families how to turn apples into sweet, nutritious juice. If you and your family would like to press apples, start collecting them right after Labor Day.

Ideally, apples are free of bruises, bugs and have been collected and stored for at least two weeks to allow them to sweat – a process by which the apples mature and become juicier resulting in sweeter and more juice.

There will be an Apple Bake Sale with all things apples and another Circle of Care pie ladies apple pie sale at the community center on Saturday, September 25.

There could be music, food, games, activities, lectures, entertainment, but it’s up to you to decide what you would like The Apple Harvest Festival to include.

Let us know if you want to organize an event or activity by emailing prcircleofcare@gmail.com.