Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. Please park in the Newton Street lot and walk up to the first blue door on Washington Street. Dinner is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our open support group, which runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week the potluck this week will feature roasted chicken, both on the bone and boneless, various sides, dessert, juice, coffee, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. Come to the parking lot on Cambridge Street and follow the arrows. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs fo...

Good morning to everyone! What a great weekend we just had. I hope yours was wonderful too. Mike bought a blueberry pie at the St Andrew's Holly Fair, made by the incomparable Trisha W, and...ohmygosh! It was the perfect ending to a perfect weekend. Yes, we still have more people coming to dinner and to the pantry than before the shutdown, but also yes, they seemed a bit more calm and hopeful this week. One thing for sure, they definitely were very grateful for all of the food that YOU have enabled us to provide. Thanks to the Police Union, we purchased more gift cards for turkeys and put them together with the Thanksgiving bags that our Lin and Vinny made. Many more people are going to have a happy Thanksgiving this year because of you. I can't stress that enough...sometimes people will say to us, “I wish I could do more,” but just think back to the whole point of Stone Soup: many people, each contributing what they can equals a fabulous, delicious soup (hot dinne...

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. Please park in the Newton Street lot and walk up to the first blue door on Washington Street. Dinner is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our open support group, which runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, thanks to a special gift, the potluck this week will feature Swedish meatballs, various sides, dessert, juice, coffee, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry is open every Saturday morning from 10 to noon, same location. Come to the parking lot on Cambridge Street and follow the arrows. If you need food, or KNOW someone who needs fo...

  If you want to donate, here is our link and QR Code: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/EWSY36BFNX9H2 Checks can be sent to Stone Soup Kitchen at 21 Washington St, Suite C, Ayer MA 01432. For a list of our current needs or to find out about volunteering, please email stonesoupkitchenministries at gmail dot com.  We are able to take food donations on Wednesdays from 10 to noon, Fridays from 4 to 5:30, and Saturdays from 9 to 10. If those times don't work for you, our bin at Ayer Shop n' Save is always available, but please leave us a note in your bag with your name so that we can thank you properly! Gift cards can also be purchased at Ayer Shop n' Save, and even left at the service desk if you'd like. We are a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and all donations are tax deductible.

  Good morning friends! We have officially entered “stick season,” with most of the leaves down now. Personally, I don't mind winter, but I was hoping that fall would last just a little longer. However, even though the leaves have failed us, the community has not! We are so grateful to all of you who have reached out to support our neighbors during this unsettled and uncertain time. We had another very busy weekend at dinner and at the pantry. Our Coffee Bar has become an important fixture at the pantry too. Coffee and a donut don't necessarily solve anything, but they certainly don't hurt anything either! We are really thankful to our rotating crew who have been taking care of the coffee each week and providing a listening ear: Cher, Nancy, Kim, Lauren, and Timmy. Many of our neighbors enjoy sitting down with these folks each week. We have an event coming up where we will need some help if you'd like to volunteer . On Sunday, November 23rd, the Ayer Pol...

  PLEASE NOTE: the only entrance to dinner tonight will be through the lower door on Washington Street. Please park in the Newton Street lot and walk up to the first blue door. Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. Please park in the Newton Street lot and walk up to the first blue door on Washington Street. Dinner is open to ANYone who wants a good hot meal and some company...no need to bring anything but yourself unless you want to! From 4 to 5, we are open for those who want to get together and socialize in the dining room. The potluck dinner is available from 5 to 5:30 followed by dessert and our open support group, which runs from 5:30 to 6, if you'd like to stay for it after dinner. This week, thanks to a special gift, the potluck this week will feature pork and baked beans, various sides, dessert, juice, coffee, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Our food pantry i...

  Good morning all! It's the start of another beautiful month, and we are overwhelmed by the amazing generosity of all of you, our supporters, volunteers, donors, and guests. Yes, it's been tough to see people returning to the pantry after they had moved on and to see new people arriving. But also yes, it's been so heartwarming and encouraging to see the community rise to the occasion to make sure that all of the local pantries and food organizations can cover the need: We have received shelf-stable food and funds from Halloween collections and local actions.   You are donating to help Lin + Vinny put together our Thanksgiving bags.   Ayer Shop 'n Save has installed some new towers with gift cards that you can swipe at the registers.  AVS, the Ayer Police Station, and others are organizing food drives for this month.  The Town of Ayer and the Select Board put together a flyer with information on the local pantries and other resources for all our ne...