Business in Patchwork’s Food Pantry has been booming. In the first 6 months of 2016, we’re serving an average of almost 200 people per month. That’s up 35 people every month compared to 2015! That means we distribute a large quantity of … Continue reading
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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Picked blackberries. Appreciated the beauty of ugly carrots. Picked tomatoes. Washed the tomatoes. Made pizza using a secret ingredient (zucchini). Ate food so fresh it had caterpillars. Viewed public art. Made art out of trash. Played games and learned about … Continue reading
We had a wonderful, art-filled week at Patchwork! For starters, this was Art Garden Week I, the start of our summer Arts & Smarts children’s program. We’ve been blessed with a very full house–33 children and 22 adults on the … Continue reading
Spring is blooming all around us. This year I was reminded of how many flowering trees there are at Patchwork. First there were the flowering quinces, the forsythia, the redbuds, and the new little crabapple, then there were the brilliantly … Continue reading
Patchwork has been busy lately! Every morning for the past couple weeks we’ve had a steady stream of people come through our building. I’m not sure of the underlying cause, but it’s been a noticeable increase. The needs of the … Continue reading
Last night was the annual Garden Feast to celebrate the end of Patchwork’s summer children’s activities. It was indeed a fantastic feast! It was also a wonderful way to finish our final Art Garden Week. Thank you again to everyone … Continue reading
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