Stone Soup Kitchen Ministries

  Good morning! We had an extremely busy weekend, but it was also very satisfying in that we were able to help a LOT of people. The farm owned by the Boston Area Gleaners is ramping up for the season, and we received our first full shipment of produce. Nonetheless, we needed more than we had. The last two people to visit the pantry on Saturday had to be satisfied with gift cards to go purchase their own produce. So even though no one went away empty-handed, it wasn't ideal. Some of the surge in our numbers is probably due to our being closed on the 4th, but we shall see! If you'd like to help us out with produce, have questions about your own gardening efforts, or need a hand with harvesting, don't forget about our gardening guru Rachel! She and her team can help you out. You can contact her at rachelsunflower01432 at gmail dot com We super-appreciate our friends Andy, Bethany, and others at Shepherd of the Valley who share produce with us each week from their...

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. **For Friday dinner, you must park in the lot off of Newton St and walk up to the first blue door unless you are disabled** For the Saturday food pantry, please come to the parking lot on Cambridge St. It is open from 10 to noon. * * * * * 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. Our potluck this week features creamy chicken, rice, and bacon with 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 ...

  Good morning! I hope you were all able to spend some time with family and friends this past weekend, and that you did everything you could to keep cool. We worry about some of our friends when the temperatures soar like they did, but just a reminder...you can tell anyone you know who is at risk that the police stations and/or fire stations usually have cooling rooms. You can double check with your own town before the next wave arrives so that you will have the information available to share. We now have a date, place, and vendor (woot!!) set for our First Annual Cops and Cones event. It's scary when you have to pick a date and place first, get that all set, and then aren't sure if anyone will have the date free. August 19, 7 to 8pm, the first ballfield at Pirone Park, catered by...(fanfare please)...the amazing West Side Creamery of Acton! They use an old refurbished milk truck! Isn't that adorable? So please put that date on your calendars now and plan to com...

  The Pantry is closed tomorrow! But dinner is served tomight! Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. **For Friday dinner, you must park in the lot off of Newton St and walk up to the first blue door unless you are disabled** * * * * * 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. Our potluck this week features brats, calico beans and hotdogs with various sides, dessert, juice, coffee, and some extra snacks to take home for the weekend. Special thanks this week to the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health and Nurse Susie, Robert Froehlich, Jackie Es...

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer.   **For Friday dinner, you must park in the lot off of Newton St and walk up to the first blue door unless you are disabled** For the Saturday food pantry, please come to the parking lot on Cambridge St. It is open from 10 to noon. * * * * * 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. Our potluck this week features chicken with broccoli and ziti, 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 ...

  Good morning everyone! What a busy weekend we had...but a really good one. It started off with a visit from Susie, one of our Nashoba nurses, who came and talked with each person at dinner who wanted a consultation or had questions. We are going to do this quarterly, and of course Susie also reminded us that any of us can always call them personally to ask questions (978-772-3335). Susie was especially concerned that we all be aware of ticks, as there seems to be a banner crop this year :-( On Saturday, our friend Jin came to talk with anyone who needed help figuring out how to balance their bank account statement or checkbook. She would like the community to know that if you were unable to make it on Saturday, she would be very happy to help you at a mutually convenient time. Just email us, and we will put you in touch! We are very grateful that people like these friends are willing to come and help out with various topics. Please let us know if there are other ...

  Stone Soup Kitchen opens at 4 pm on Friday evenings, located in Shepherd of the Valley Church on Washington Street in Ayer. **For Friday dinner, you must park in the lot off of Newton St and walk up to the first blue door unless you are disabled** For the Saturday food pantry, please come to the parking lot on Cambridge St. It is open from 10 to noon. * * * * * 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. Our potluck this week features sloppy joe casserole with 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. Com...