Mason’s Vidalia Onion Sale Underway
The Litchfield Masons Golden Fleece Lodge #89 is in the midst of its annual Vidalia onion sale. Orders will be taken until early May, and the onions will arrive in Litchfield in mid-May.
Jim Curry says the Litchfield Masons have been doing this fundraiser since 2015 and piggy-backed off of a fundraiser that was coordinated by the Duluth lodge at that time, but the Litchfield lodge has been doing their own sale for several years and they are now taking orders for lodges in Arlington, Mora, Monticello, Hutchinson and St. Cloud. He says the onions come from Georgia where they are trade-marked.
Curry says KADYL Trucking of Litchfield picks up the onions in Georgia and delivers them to Litchfield in a refrigerated truck, drops them off at Litchfield Building Center, where they are transferred to a flatbed truck and then delivered to his garage where people are able to pick them up. He says no one needs to pay for the onions until they pick them up.
The onions may be pre-ordered by calling or texting Jim at 320-221-1925 and they are $14 for a 10-pound bag. He says the onion sale helps the Masons raise funds for the three $2,000 scholarships that they present to Litchfield High School seniors on awards night in May.
