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40 Years: Patchwork Central’s Ruby Anniversary
In 2017, Patchwork Central celebrates 40 years of serving our neighborhood through flexible and innovative programming! We’re excited to be planning some special events to celebrate, starting with our annual Soup, Salad, & Style event on Thursday, February 23 from … Continue reading
Reflecting on the Summer
Last week we wrapped up another successful summer of children’s programming at Patchwork. As always, the summer was a family-like experience with multiple generations of people all participating together. We had everyone from three-year-old Calvin participating in his fourth summer with … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Arts & Smarts, Children, dance, garden, Indiana bicentennial, joy, sculpture, storytelling, Summer
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Kind Words
On Tuesday, Bill Hemminger provided a wonderful feast of bean soup and bread for the children in the Arts & Smarts Program. But it wasn’t just any bean soup and bread! It was soup prepared from beans that the children had … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts & Smarts, garden, gratitude, Holiday Art Sale, joy, thanks
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Patchwork Summer “is Better Than TV!”
Our summer Arts & Smarts children’s programming began last week with Art Garden Week I. A total of 32 children and 39 teen and adult volunteers participated in at least one day of Art Garden. Activities included: Telling stories with Susan Fowler … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Arts & Smarts, butterflies, ceramics, garden, monarchs, snack, storytelling, Summer
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Bursting at the Seams
Next week at Patchwork, the pace will pick up dramatically. We’ll be back to full days of programming with the first Art Garden Week filling the building each day with around 50 children, teens, and adult volunteers. The joy, activity, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts & Smarts, Children, food pantry, garden, hospitality, showers, Summer, thanks, volunteers
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Wrapping Up the Year
2014 is almost over and we’ve accomplished a lot! In the last year, Patchwork’s food pantry has given out almost 19.5 tons of food, providing food to 1885 individuals from 904 households. Each food order is meant to feed a … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplishments, Arts & Smarts, Back to School Sale, celebration, food pantry, garden, hospitality, thanks
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Art Garden Week I: The Summer Begins
Art Garden Weeks are my favorite time of the year. Storytelling, gardening, cooking, ceramics–groups move from one to the other. There’s so much positive energy spilling out of the building. It’s also the largest group of people we work with in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Arts & Smarts, celebration, ceramics, Children, garden, joy, kitchen, storytelling, Summer, vegetables, volunteers
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Driftwood Art and Plans for the Future
The pace of the summer at Patchwork reaches its peak this week with Art Garden Week II and our annual potluck Garden Feast this Thursday, July 11 from 5 pm-7 pm. Everyone’s invited to come to this feast to celebrate … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Arts & Smarts, Children, future plans, garden, hope, learning, party, sculpture, volunteers
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