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March 10, 2010

Hot potato

Toy Shop holds annual spud lunch

Derrick Miller

If potatoes had legs, they still couldn’t have left people’s plates quicker than they did Tuesday.

The Duncan Toy Shop held its 12th annual spud lunch at the Stephens County Fair & Expo Center. Volunteers for the Toys Shop said they were excited to see so many people attend this year’s event.

Honor Vaughn, Toy Shop volunteer, said, “It is a screaming success. We’ve sold close to 1,200 tickets.”

The spud lunch is a fundraiser for the Toy Shop. It covers operating expenses and provides extra funds to purchase more toys for Duncan children.

Several United Way agencies, including the Duncan Powershop, brought some people to eat. The Powershop alone took up one table.

Lynn Samples, who is a co-chairwoman for the Toy Shop, said the event received a tremendous response from the Duncan community.

“Everything is going really good,” Samples said.

The lunch was set up to where people could either dine in to eat or carry out their orders. Aside from the potatoes and fixings, the meal included bread and salad.

While many of the volunteers have been helping with the spud lunch for years, this year’s event had at least one change — the change in location. The lunch is traditionally held in the First United Methodist Church, but had to be moved to the fairgrounds.

The move provided the event with more room, and Vaughn said there were more people dining in than usual.

“It has worked,” Vaughn said. “There’s room to seat all people. We appreciate being able to use the fairgrounds.”

Samples said the fairgrounds did provide more space, but it also required more volunteers to set up.

Vaughn said the volunteers spent much of Monday setting up to prepare for Tuesday’s meal. She said the move didn’t affect the turnout.

“It’s as good as we’ve ever had,” Vaughn said.

Despite the move, First United Methodist Church did continue to help with the event by providing some needed items. Members of the church and the community prepared desserts. Betty Davis with the church returned again to cook the potatoes.

In addition to the desserts, all of the food items, including the potatoes, were donated by members of the community.

“It’s really good,” Vaughn said.



— Derrick Miller is a reporter for The Duncan Banner. He can be reached at 580-255-5354, Ext. 160, or via e-mail at derrick.miller@duncanbanner.com.

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