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The Berkshire Food Project seeks to alleviate hunger, food insecurity, and social isolation by serving healthy, no cost meals and connecting people to other resources, all in a a dignified and respectful manner. Februrary 2019 Volunteer Saturdays Continue We experimented with a Saturday volunteer shift in February and it went so well we are going to do it again in March. On February 9, MCLA students joined some regular volunteers and staff to make 600 meatballs! Next month there will once again be an opportunity for those who can't volunteer during our normal weekday hours to come in on a Saturday. On Saturday, March 9 from 9 AM to noon we will be working on a couple of projects and taking time to learn too. From 9 AM - 10 AM we will have food preparation activities, NARCAN training at 10 AM and then afterward there will be further activities in the kitchen - food preparation and cleaning. Please join us! If you want to attend the training but can't volunteer, that's okay - come a little before 10. SAVE THE DATE! On Monday, April 29, 2019 we will hold a public meeting at the Green at 85 Main. Join us for coffee and pastries from 7:45 AM to 8:30 AM and hear our highlights from last year and our plans for this year. We'll also be recognizing our Volunteer of the Year from 2018 and a long time Board Member who retired in 2018. Registration will be open in March and a link will be in the newsletter next month. We posted the photo above on Facebook, announcing fresh squeezed lemonade was on the menu that day. A supported saw that our volunteers were hand squeezing the lemons and bought us an electric juicer! Thank you Vanda Monzo! Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/berkshirefoodproject/ 869 PAGE LIKES As of Feb. 2019 Many of the people who eat lunch with us don't have enough money to buy enough food. Some don't have access to a space where they can cook. Some live alone and really need the human connections. Food insecurity can look many different ways. But then there are people who aren't experiencing food insecurity in our dining room too. Some of them work places where resources or services are available to help people living with food insecurity - they come to raise awareness about those resources and build trust with people who might want to access them. Others fill their volunteer time by dining with others, providing companionship during lunch. And others come simply to break bread with their neighbors who have different experiences and barriers in their lives. They come to better understand how they can best support change in our community that will help everybody be successful and food secure. We don't ask questions about why anybody is here. All are welcome! Join us any weekday between 11:30 - 1. It's getting pretty bright! Kitchen Renovation Continues Too... ALL are Welcome at BFP Continued kitchen renovation this month has included installation of energy efficient LED lights which are much brighter than our old lights. We also flipped the work table around - the drawers are on the other side now, and the can opener is closer to the spray sink! Our ceiling mounted pot rack has been delivered and is the next item to be installed. We will continue to post updates in the newsletter. Winter Weather Closures In an effort to encourage our diners, volunteers and staff to be safe, if the North Adams Schools cancel school due to winter weather, the Berkshire Food Project is closed as well. Thanks to weather forecasting technology, we usually can anticipate such closures ahead of time and we make every effort to send people home with food in advance of such weather, to help them get through the "snow day". Our Menu We try to remember to post our daily menu on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/berkshirefoodproject/) but you can also call the kitchen at 664-7378 to find out what we are serving. We have one entree each day, but if you have special a dietary request - vegetarian, for example, please ask... we often have an option, it just may take a few minutes to prepare. Recent meals have included: barbecue chicken with vegetables and salads, cheesy pasta with meatballs and tossed salad, stir fried pork and vegetables. We also have coffee and snack from 11:30 until noon each day - snack options vary depending on availability but usually include pastries and fruit. Our Entrances If you are coming to lunch, you enter through the breezeway at the western end of our building - on either Main Street or Summer Street, between Ashland Street and Church Street. Enter through the glass doors, which are open from 11:30 AM to 1 PM on weekdays. If you are coming to volunteer or drop off a food donation, use the kitchen door, which is further down Summer Street. Directly across from Landmark Appraisals at 98 Summer Street you will see a small paved area - follow the black railing next to the gas meters into the kitchen. The Berkshire Food Project • 134 Main Street, PO Box 651 • North Adams, MA 01247 • 413-664-7378 www.berkshirefoodproject.org
Transcript of welcome! Join us any week day between 11:30 - 1.The Berkshire Food Project seeks to alle viate...
The Berkshire Food Project seeks to alleviate hunger, food insecurity, and social isolation by serving healthy, nocost meals and connecting people to other resources, all in a a dignified and respectful manner.
Februrary 2019
Volunteer Saturdays Continue
We experimented with a Saturday volunteer shift in February and itwent so well we are going to do it again in March. On February 9, MCLA students joined some regular volunteers andstaff to make 600 meatballs! Next month there will once again be an opportunity for those whocan't volunteer during our normal weekday hours to come in on aSaturday. On Saturday, March 9 from 9 AM to noon we will beworking on a couple of projects and taking time to learn too. From 9AM - 10 AM we will have food preparation activities, NARCANtraining at 10 AM and then afterward there will be further activitiesin the kitchen - food preparation and cleaning. Please join us! If you want to attend the training but can't volunteer, that's okay -come a little before 10.
SAVE THE DATE!On Monday, April 29, 2019we will hold a public meetingat the Green at 85 Main. Join us for coffee andpastries from 7:45 AM to8:30 AM and hear ourhighlights from last yearand our plans for this year. We'll also be recognizing ourVolunteer of the Year from2018 and a long time BoardMember who retired in2018. Registration will beopen in March and a link willbe in the newsletter nextmonth. We posted the photo
above on Facebook,announcing fresh
squeezed lemonadewas on the menu that day. A supported saw that our
volunteers werehand squeezing the
lemons and bought us anelectric juicer!
Thank you Vanda Monzo!
Like us onFacebook!
https://www.facebook.com/berkshirefoodproject/
869 PAGE LIKESAs of Feb. 2019
Many of the people who eat lunch with us don't haveenough money to buy enough food. Some don'thave access to a space where they can cook. Somelive alone and really need the human connections. Food insecurity can look many different ways. But then there are people who aren't experiencingfood insecurity in our dining room too. Some ofthem work places where resources or services areavailable to help people living with food insecurity -they come to raise awareness about thoseresources and build trust with people who mightwant to access them. Others fill their volunteer timeby dining with others, providing companionshipduring lunch. And others come simply to breakbread with their neighbors who have differentexperiences and barriers in their lives. They come tobetter understand how they can best supportchange in our community that will help everybody besuccessful and food secure. We don't askquestions about why anybody is here. All arewelcome! Join us any weekday between 11:30 - 1.
It's getting pretty bright!
Kitchen Renovation Continues Too... ALL are Welcome at BFP
Continued kitchen renovation this month has includedinstallation of energy efficient LED lights which are muchbrighter than our old lights.We also flipped the work table around - the drawers are onthe other side now, and the can opener is closer to thespray sink!Our ceiling mounted pot rack has been delivered and is thenext item to be installed. We will continue to post updates in the newsletter.
Winter Weather ClosuresIn an effort to encourage our diners, volunteers and staff to be safe, if the North Adams Schools cancel school dueto winter weather, the Berkshire Food Project is closed as well. Thanks to weather forecasting technology, weusually can anticipate such closures ahead of time and we make every effort to send people home with food inadvance of such weather, to help them get through the "snow day".
Our MenuWe try to remember to post our daily menu on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/berkshirefoodproject/) butyou can also call the kitchen at 664-7378 to find out what we are serving. We have one entree each day, but if youhave special a dietary request - vegetarian, for example, please ask... we often have an option, it just may take a fewminutes to prepare. Recent meals have included: barbecue chicken with vegetables and salads, cheesy pasta withmeatballs and tossed salad, stir fried pork and vegetables. We also have coffee and snack from 11:30 until nooneach day - snack options vary depending on availability but usually include pastries and fruit.
Our EntrancesIf you are coming to lunch, you enter through the breezeway at the western end of our building - on either Main Streetor Summer Street, between Ashland Street and Church Street. Enter through the glass doors, which are open from11:30 AM to 1 PM on weekdays.If you are coming to volunteer or drop off a food donation, use the kitchen door, which is further down SummerStreet. Directly across from Landmark Appraisals at 98 Summer Street you will see a small paved area - follow theblack railing next to the gas meters into the kitchen.
The Berkshire Food Project • 134 Main Street, PO Box 651 • North Adams, MA 01247 • 413-664-7378
www.berkshirefoodproject.org
