Project Feed the Thousands – Update!
Leave a CommentWow! Thanks so much to everyone who has jumped in to get the local Project Feed the Thousands campaign benefiting Our Place off to a great start!
Would you believe that we already have reached our financial contributions goal!???
THANK YOU so much for your generosity! Our food drive coordination team will be meeting next week and we’ll decide then how best to proceed. Should we double down???? 
In the meanwhile, please feel free to be part of the excitement by contributing food. I noticed today that the only canned veggies on the shelf are diced tomatoes and peas so that’s an urgent need – green beans, corn, spaghetti sauce, carrots, etc. It’s all welcome!!!
Other items on the Our Place food shelf wishlist include:
- frozen fruits and veggies
- garlic, onions, winter squash, and other produce that can be stored
- canned meats (tuna, chicken, ham, etc)
- 100% fruit juice
- personal care items (TP, soap, shampoo/conditioner, razors, tampons)
- beans, peanut butter, jelly, healthy mac & cheese
- powdered milk
It’s EMPTY BOWL time!!!!
Leave a CommentOn November 1st, you know where to be, don’t you??????
Yup, Our Place’s annual Empty Bowl dinner at Alyson’s Orchards in Walpole!
Over 100 tickets already have been sold so it should be quite the party. Remember last year when Sharon Boccelli rocked the crowd by outbidding Ray Massucco on some politically-oriented chocolate? I actually hadn’t even begun working for Our Place (started the next day in fact) but remember thinking what a great event this is.
Here’s a photo from last year’s Empty Bowl dinner:
Auction Action!
Fiesta Fun!!!!
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New Our Place Co-Chair Dan Davis addresses crowd
Board members Nancy Sargent & Patty Mark collect food & sell raffle tix
Dan & Our Place supporter Chris Curven & daughter raffling $2500
Fiesta guests & Our Place Board members
Part-time Cook Wanted!
Approximately 20 hours per week. Call Susan at 802-463-2217 for more details about the position. Send your cover letter and resume to Our Place – Job Search, PO Box 852, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.
Fiesta Time!!!!!!! Project Feed The Thousands kickoff – Sept 15th
Hello!
You are invited to the Our Place fiesta / open house on September 15th from 5-7 p.m. to kick off Project Feed The Thousands, our annual end-of-year food drive!!
The drop-in center’s doors will be open for tours of the kitchen, dining room, and food shelf.
Harvest Moon is providing a complimentary taco bar & will be serving margaritas, sangria, and beer at a cash bar.
We’ll be honoring some of those who make everything we do at Our Place possible and having a good ol’ time!
Please join us but RSVP 802-463-2217 so we can be sure to have enough food!
Roots on the River – fab volunteer op
Wow – did we have fun at the recent Roots on the River festival, distributing our new whisks to food donors, selling 50-50 raffle tickets and merchandise, and telling people about Our Place in our brand spankin’ new gazebo!
Huge thanks to Mike, Sherry, Kathryn, Susan, Louise, Nancy, John, Diane, Bruce, and Elise for all their time and good energy! And another big gracias to the festival organizers for choosing Our Place as the nonprofit beneficiary at this year’s fest. We raised over $1400 and collected a half bin of food for the foodshelf!
Blog Dreams
The Our Place Drop-In Center has been serving an honorable role in the Great Falls area of Vermont and New Hampshire for nearly 20 years.
As the local food community moves to identify gaps and collaborate more closely, those involved with Our Place recognize the critical role we play connecting fabulous local sources of nutritious food and those who can use a hand once in a while or on an ongoing basis to enjoy it.
Our Place always welcomes volunteers. Thousands of pounds of food donations and home deliveries are handled in the course of a year. Thousands of meals are cooked and served. Numerous community members ask their neighbors, friends, and families to support Our Place in myriad ways.
If you’re reading this, you’re very likely already a friend of Our Place. We invite you to join us for a meal soon. You can see for yourself what a valuable resource WE have developed over the last 18 years. May there be many more!
Our dream for this blog is that it will serve to foster the vital development of the Great Falls community of Vermont and New Hampshire. To learn more about ways to get involved, please comment here or email Our Place at opdev@sover.net.
