This weekend holy#&*!!!
Yes, Nov. 30 from 2-7pm, We have some amazing guests and demos. I'm so thrilled and totally unprepared for this to happen. If I had one word to describe how it came together It'd be: BrainStorm. Several kernals (or seeds) are at the origin of its conception. The most primary is that creativity build things, not just works of art, craft,garden, or food but Creative Capitol. I've seen it again and again and it's always inspiring.
This year with SNAP benefits being cut and many people going hungry we chose the Good Shepherd Food Bank for our fundraiser. We are really touched by the support weve gotten in this endeavor: Gryffon Ridge Spice company is not only bringing samples but her award winning chili! Fiddlers Reach Mead will be donating some of his subtle spirits for tasting. Bear Bones Brewery as well is bringing 3 different brews. I would describe them as complex and adventurous. If your sick of being knocked on yur ass by hops (which I'm not actually I love a hoppy beverage) they have some really surprising brews. Watershed is loaning us their Mud Mobile! If your not familiar its every bit as awesome as it sounds and hopefully for the artist who mans it it is nothing like an off-roading big tire adventure.Because we will have their potter's wheel Tim Christensen will be doing clay throwing demos. Tim is also one of our Guest Artists, Nisa Smiley being the other. Watershed will be displaying the work of their prestigious craft folk as well. 100% of Watershed sales will go right to watershed. Tandem Glass of course will have work on site and be doing demos. All of these sales send 20% to the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Here is the thing about the food bank which is amazing: They are a great organization interwoven throughout the state with food distributors and farms. They tell me that for every dollar they create 4 meals. I have to tell you Im still stunned and choked up from learning this. It gives you some scope in the dimension of this problem of hunger in Maine. It gives you some idea of how hard working and creative poor people in Maine need to be. We will be taking up a collection of food onsite and sending back with GSFB organizers the evening of the event. When I confirmed we could collect food on site they told me that stunning fact. Yes they are hard working committed people and a great example of how you can grow your dollar into 4$'s in services with the right charity, but they are very hard hit by these benefit cuts (as is Maine's economy which just lost 2.38 million dollars that had been previously spent in our markets). They are working extra hard these day and this Holiday season. We hope you can make it to our event!
Many Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Yes, Nov. 30 from 2-7pm, We have some amazing guests and demos. I'm so thrilled and totally unprepared for this to happen. If I had one word to describe how it came together It'd be: BrainStorm. Several kernals (or seeds) are at the origin of its conception. The most primary is that creativity build things, not just works of art, craft,garden, or food but Creative Capitol. I've seen it again and again and it's always inspiring.
This year with SNAP benefits being cut and many people going hungry we chose the Good Shepherd Food Bank for our fundraiser. We are really touched by the support weve gotten in this endeavor: Gryffon Ridge Spice company is not only bringing samples but her award winning chili! Fiddlers Reach Mead will be donating some of his subtle spirits for tasting. Bear Bones Brewery as well is bringing 3 different brews. I would describe them as complex and adventurous. If your sick of being knocked on yur ass by hops (which I'm not actually I love a hoppy beverage) they have some really surprising brews. Watershed is loaning us their Mud Mobile! If your not familiar its every bit as awesome as it sounds and hopefully for the artist who mans it it is nothing like an off-roading big tire adventure.Because we will have their potter's wheel Tim Christensen will be doing clay throwing demos. Tim is also one of our Guest Artists, Nisa Smiley being the other. Watershed will be displaying the work of their prestigious craft folk as well. 100% of Watershed sales will go right to watershed. Tandem Glass of course will have work on site and be doing demos. All of these sales send 20% to the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
Here is the thing about the food bank which is amazing: They are a great organization interwoven throughout the state with food distributors and farms. They tell me that for every dollar they create 4 meals. I have to tell you Im still stunned and choked up from learning this. It gives you some scope in the dimension of this problem of hunger in Maine. It gives you some idea of how hard working and creative poor people in Maine need to be. We will be taking up a collection of food onsite and sending back with GSFB organizers the evening of the event. When I confirmed we could collect food on site they told me that stunning fact. Yes they are hard working committed people and a great example of how you can grow your dollar into 4$'s in services with the right charity, but they are very hard hit by these benefit cuts (as is Maine's economy which just lost 2.38 million dollars that had been previously spent in our markets). They are working extra hard these day and this Holiday season. We hope you can make it to our event!
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