Talk of the Town
Brandon Farmers Market vendor meet-and-greet
Starting this June, the Brandon Farmers Market will be open for business through October.
A vendor meet-and-greet will be held 6-7 p.m. Friday, May 22 at 515 N. Splitrock Blvd. Interested vendors are encouraged to attend. Organizers will be available for questions and to distribute applications. Social distancing will be encouraged.
The Brandon Farmers Market will be open 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays June through October, and 4-7 p.m. Thursdays in July and August.
To learn more, email brandonsdfarmersmarket@gmail.com.
Current lawn watering restrictions
The city of Brandon is in stage 1 (green) of lawn watering restrictions. The even/odd schedules allow users with even-numbered addresses to water on even-number calendar day; users with odd-numbered address are allowed to water on odd-numbered calendar dates.
Water restriction stages and other updates are posted on the city website and Facebook pages.
Grab & Go Lunch switches to single-day pick-up
Brandon Valley School District’s Grab & Go Lunch program, which is available to all BV students, distributes daily lunch and breakfasts from 11 a.m.-12 noon on Tuesdays only. Multiple day lunches are being distributed at Brandon Elementary, Valley Springs Elementary and at the corner of E. Renee Place and N. Cory Place and Granite Valley Park, located at 6101 N. Gold Nugget Ave., both in Sioux Falls.
To learn more, email Gay Anderson, CNS director, at Gay.Anderson@K12.sd.us
This month’s needs at the Brandon Area Food Pantry
The May needs at the BAFP include Banquet Homestyle Bakes, BBQ sauce, bagged soups (i.e. Bear Creek, Shore Lunch), bagged cookies, bottled juices, hard taco shells, seasonings (gravies, taco meat, etc.), disinfectant wipes, toilet paper and masks.
To ensure health and well-being, shoppers and donors are no longer allowed inside the Pantry building. Instead, an assortment of pre-bagged canned foods, proteins, and paper goods (based on the size of family), will be dispersed.
For food needs, call the BAFP at 582-7001 and leave name and phone number. Pantry staff will return the call to schedule an appointment.
The BAFP is open from 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and will maintain those hours unless change is needed.
