Each year the board and staff of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association show their appreciation for the contributions of the organization's many volunteers by inviting them to dinner. This year's “Soup to Cakes” event will take place Friday, March 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and will feature a delicious soup cook-off. A number of soups will be available and each attendee will have a chance to try each and then vote for their favorite. Beverages, sides and desert will round out the meal. In addition, we will hold a fundraising cake walk with prizes of donated cakes.

Whether you are a current or past volunteer or are interested in volunteering, please join us for a fun evening. Family and interested friends are welcome. Please RSVP by March 23 if you’d like to join in and if you would like to enter a soup for the “Golden Ladle” award, or donate a cake for the cake walk.

Well over 2,000 hours are logged each year by more than 100 volunteers who perform a variety of duties. Trail building and maintenance, water quality monitoring, preserve stewardship, wildlife habitat improvement, maintaining the SVCA building, supporting advocacy efforts, building business relationships, preparing press releases and posters, helping plan special events, education, maintaining waterfowl nest boxes, and general office assistance are just some of the ways volunteers contribute. Anyone wishing to volunteer can contribute as many or as few hours as they wish from a couple of hours each year to every week. There are opportunities for everyone to help out.

The “Soups to Cake” event will be held at the SVCA offices at 624 Sheepscot Road in Newcastle.

The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association is a member organization advocating shared stewardship of Maine’s 58-mile Sheepscot River since 1969. For more information about volunteer opportunities or to RSVP for the event, visit our website at www.sheepscot.org, email svca@sheepscot.org or call the office at 207-586-5616.