The Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton donates $3,500 to Buxton’s Keep the Heat On fund. From left are Dorcas Society member Beverly Atkinson, President Catherine Lamson and Buxton Keep The Heat on Committee member Scott Warchol. Robert Lowell / American Journal

Dorcas Society steps up

The Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton has donated $8,500 to help feed and keep people warm this coming winter.

The society presented a $3,500 check to the town to aid its “Keep the Heat On” assistance program along with $2,500 each to the Buxton Food Cupboard and the Community Food Co-op.

President Catherine Lamson announced the donations Nov. 18 at  Richard and Beverly Atkinson’s Brewster Mansion at Tory Hill where the society holds its annual fairs that include a concert and a car show.

With an eye on the approaching winter, Lamson said heat and food are most important. “We don’t want people to suffer,” she said.

The Dorcas Society is a women’s charitable and literary organization that famed children’s author Kate Douglas Wiggin founded in 1897.

Touch-A-Truck rescheduled

The free annual holiday Touch-A-Truck, originally scheduled for Nov. 27 but postponed because of rain, will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Public Works on Portland Road.

The event includes lighted fire engines, trucks and police cruisers along with a tree lighting at 6 p.m. with hot cocoa, candy canes, cotton candy and popcorn.

Canned goods will be collected for the town’s food pantries.

GoFundMe for resident 

The GoFundMe page for Wendy Plummer reached $225 as of Nov. 29 up from $125 on Nov. 17.

The town has ordered Plummer, a disabled widow, to remove her mobile home from her property by Jan. 1. The Select Board in November determined her home was a dangerous building.

To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/5t6abd-help-this-family-keep-their-home.