May 25, 2026 newsletter

 

Hello all! I'm late with the letter this morning (afternoon), because I wanted to go to our town's Memorial Day gathering at the Town Hall. It was beautiful, moving, and meaningful, as I fully expected it would be. It was a great reminder to me how much I love this country that I was blessed to be born in, and how much I want to work to make it a better place.

We were really fortunate last Friday to have our friends Cindy, Angela, and Laurie cook dinner for all of us. Winner winner, chicken dinner! The dinner crowd has swelled, and we are extremely happy to find that we have some Veterans and some more folks who just need some company coming each week. If you would like to help with the cooking sometime, just email me and we'll talk about what it entails!

We have a couple of topics that we would really like to be able to offer as workshops. Do you have any of these skills and would you be willing to share with others?
**check balancing, avoiding scams, using gmail, using google drive**
Are there other things that you think might make a good Saturday morning workshop that you would like to offer?

One more thing that I want to tell you about is that our friend Rachel is going to be presenting about the Garden Gleaners at the next Select Board meeting in Ayer to help spread the word about her new project! If you would like to show up at the June 2nd meeting and lend your support, or just come to find out more about it, the meeting begins at 6pm. The agenda will be posted on the Town of Ayer website a day or so before the meeting, so if you'd like to see what time Rachel is expected to speak, take a look. She will probably be part of the "Public Comment" section, but I'm not sure.

We are getting low on quite a few items, including Jiffy corn muffin mix, 1 or 2 lb bags of rice, spaghetti sauce, canned pasta (like spaghettios), baked beans, boxed shelf-stable milk, instant mashed potatoes, jelly, cereal, granola bars, and pudding cups. If you can shop for us this week, that's the list! Please email me if you need our complete pantry list or you want our QR code for online donations. We can take drop-offs at the pantry (through the gray door next to the parking lot on Cambridge Street) on Wednesdays from 10 to noon, Fridays from 4 to 5, and Saturdays only from 9 to 10. Please do not leave food at the door outside of these hours. The bin is always available at Ayer Shop n' Save if those times don't suit: Please leave a note in the bag with your name so we know whom to thank! We are located at 21 Washington Street, Suite C, Ayer MA 01432

Take a moment today and this week to reflect on how blessed we all are!
I love you all!