Coats for Ukraine
We are so thankful for the coverage and exposure provided by Fox 5 news - view the story by clicking on the below image.
If you’d like to learn more about how to donate coats, please scroll further down where all our information is provided.
If you’d like to give a monetary donation directly to support Coats for Ukraine, please click here.
Trinity Christmas Auction 2022
Now open and online - just follow the button below to view all available items!
House of Joy in Romania - Ukrainian Support
We're so pleased to hear from our friends at The House of Joy in Romania which in recent weeks has turned over a recently built dormitory to house 140 refugees from war-torn neighboring Ukraine. Your generous donations have helped feed, clothe, and provide the basic necessities to establish themselves temporarily in a new country and to set up a new life.
They write "Thank you so much for such amazing generosity that you and your friends and ministry partners have shown us." They've recorded this great little thank-you video as a message to all the good people of Trinity - you can watch below:
Thank you to everyone who has given so generously so far; our appeal remains open for you to give here:
Christmas Auction 2021
We are excited to announce that our Christmas Auction is now live!
We have 60 amazing items on offer... vacation homes, gift cards, sporting, theatre and culinary experiences, restaurant vouchers, collectibles, and more... See our social-media feeds for features on some of the great items on offer.
All money raised fund the Trinity Church Outreach Program, making a real difference to the lives of those most in need locally, nationally, and internationally.
Our online Christmas auction runs until Monday, December 13, 7:00pm.
Happy bidding!
Joy of Giving Online Auction
JOY OF GIVING ONLINE AUCTION
Inspired by our new rector, we welcome Trinity Church’s first Joy of Giving Online Auction, accessible from the church website and running from December 13 to December 20, 2020. Proceeds to benefit local outreach projects in this year of exceptional need.
The entirely virtual auction will feature many new wonderful items;
Exquisite flower-shaped stud earrings in 14K white gold with pave diamond petals and turquoise centers
Two-day stay at the five-star Inn at Perry Cabin on Maryland’s Eastern Shore including gift certificates for local restaurants in St. Michaels
One-week stay at beachfront condo on Gasparilla Island, Boca Grande, Florida
Many fun dinners and very special events hosted by parishioners
Festive tabletop arrangements, wreathes, Christmas puddings and a wonderful doggie treats/toys basket, all crafted by parishioners
2020 is different in so many ways. We cannot hold the Christmas auction as we have traditionally, but we can provide a new online experience. You can take part in the Joy of Giving and support Trinity's varied outreach activities in the local community.
The auction can be accessed from any device (computer, Ipad, tablet, or smart phone). Once you get to the link you can browse the various items. The auction goes “live” at 12:00am December 13 and closes at 7:00pm on December 20. To bid and purchase items follow the prompts to sign in and provide credit card information. Further questions, call Laurie Volk or Betsy Crenshaw.
Slater Run Vineyards 4th Annual Crabfest
Rev. Jonathan Adams enjoying a delicious crab dinner!
Thank you Slater Run Vineyards for sponsoring the 4th annual CRABFEST to benefit the Churches of Upperville. It looks like our Rector was enjoying himself.
The Churches of Upperville Outreach Program (CUOP) distributes baskets of food (actually overflowing, large cardboard boxes) to families who need help that live in Upperville and the surrounding community or that have close ties to it. Baskets are distributed four times a year, at the three major winter/spring holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter) and around Valentine’s Day.
Members of CUOP meet to talk about the needs of families, discuss any changes in their situations, and identify any families that should be added to the program.
Outreach Updates
Trying times indeed, with an un-certain duration - especially inso-far as a return to jobs and normalcy. Trinity Outreach has managed to keep the faith and show our love for the community through a strategic alliance with Mobile Hope - where a growing movement is showing great promise in our local area.
COVID-19 and the economic turn-down has hit vulnerable families extremely hard and continues to do so. Mobile Hope has responded by delivering food and vital supplies to families affected by job loss, poverty, food insecurity, health issues, limited language proficiency, and lack of transportation. Trinity Upperville provided a leased refrigerated truck for 3 months to Mobile Hope to expand their ability to deliver fresh, perishable food to those with food insecurities through their outreach program; Listen For The Honk.
To date, Mobile Hope has served 67,393 family members with over 36,000 food bags. The Reefer Truck Rental is helping the cause directly and with positive impact, but we only were able to sign up for a 3 month lease. There is much more to do here.
As a further tie to an end-to-end temporary stop-gap for those in need of quality sustenance, JK Community Farm will distribute fresh produce at the Mobile Hope, Sterling bus stops , on July 8,2020. JK, as food producers, will continue to explore options for an on-going partnership with Mobile Hope facilitated by Trinity Outreach. The need is great and expected to increase in the coming months. Mobile Hope is expanding its service and Trinity is looking at ways to directly help those closest to our parish, but for now the over-whelming need is Eastern Loudoun and Fairfax Counties. We (Mobile Hope /JK /Trinity) are looking at opportunities in Warrenton and Front Royal to provide the Outreach that we are obligated to deliver.
I encourage you to come out to Sterling (Eldon N of Dulles Tollway) on one of the Listen for The Honk Stops and see for yourself how important this is.
We are all in this together.
God's Grace, Jennifer Moore, Outreach Chair
Trinity Outreach Continues
As the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting economic hardship is shaping the new normal, Trinity Outreach sought out local programs that could make the maximum positive impact with limited resources and an uncertain budget. It is with great pride that we have targeted Mobile Hope, a program that has received Outreach assistance in the past, as the recipient of our collective support. Specifically, Mobile Hope sought a solution to delivering fresh, perishable food to those in need. Trinity Outreach enabled Mobile Hope to rent a refrigerated van for a period of three months to move toward better living conditions. This is a singular event with no long-term agreements, but a major factor in shaping what could be a long recovery for our local community.
This was a coordinated action voted on by the Outreach Committee and Vestry and it points to our stewardship of donations that are executed in the spirit that they are made. The Outreach Committee is looking at more targets of opportunity near-term that embrace not only the funding aspect, but the physical participation by the congregation.
In an effort to support the community and to help all families receive the essential tools for learning during this unprecedented time, a bus has been parked in our overflow parking lot that is equipped with a hotspot.
This means that parents can pull into the parking lot and access internet service allowing their children to do online classes. This will be exclusive to the families that have the password.
How Can I Help?
As many of you may or may not know, the church phone has been directed to ring in my home during this time when all the church buildings are closed and locked. I have received the usual calls for assistance and I either redirect the calls or reassure them that Trinity will take care of their needs; be it, rent, electric bill, prescriptions, etc. since so many are out of work.
What I am also receiving is calls from Trinity parishioners who are home self-quarantined and are reaching out – How can I help? I have known some of you for 30 years now and this has always been your response to issues such as these. I am awed and overwhelmed by your generosity and concern for others. Thanks, one and all for your reaction to this crisis, it’s an honor and privilege to worship and serve with you.
Since our Food Pantry is closed, I have suggested that you call Seven Loaves. The Seven Loaves Food Pantry is located on the lower floor of the Middleburg Methodist Church at 15 W. Washington Street, Middleburg , Virginia 20117. Entry is from the parking lot at Pendleton and Federal Streets, at the rear of the church.
Please give them a call 540 687-3489 and see what help you could assist them with. Tommy Breeden and I take food from Trinity’s Food Pantry (very cautiously) to Seven Loaves every week. Many thanks again to you all, I miss you like crazy and cannot wait till we are together again.
Betsy Crenshaw
S.O.M.E. Updates for February 2020
One of our visitors, Angela, was recently injured in an automobile accident. She walks nimbly with a cane, carefully pulling a giant suitcase with all her belongings.
The very first thing one notices about Angela is her smile. It is her identity. She smiles from ear to ear. Angela is seemingly unaware that the accident caused a head injury from which she may never fully recover. But she is unstoppable. Angela is a hugger.
This vibrant guest at the Trinity Church SOME January outreach in Washington, DC made sure to thank us profusely time and time again. She loved our generous meal of fish and rice casserole and all the trimmings. She loved that we came from Upperville, VA. She loved the staff at SOME. Angela felt at home and said she found hope inside the warm dining room. She made a point of telling us that she was also “giving back” to SOME in thanks for all the organization has done for her getting her back on the right path. Angela was a beautiful human to witness.
Many of our diners have daily and long-term challenges. Among those we have served annually are veterans with PTSD, amputees, stroke victims, and others with disability and in pain. SOME thankfully provides a wide range of services for all. Group housing, counseling, and other rehabilitative programs are readily available. Everyone is treated with dignity, respect and civility.
It was a day of service for our volunteers in recognition of the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We are thankful for the efforts of our team of professionals: Jim Gemmer; Bob Appenzeller; Len Shapiro; Ann MacLeod; Gina Hammond; Carol Miller; Maggie New and Robin Keys. This group of long-time SOME supporters fed just under 300 people.
Our fast working and prompt kitchen crew included: Stephanie Knapp, Ellen Hall, Ann MacLeod, David Augenblick, Holly Bimba, Richard Taylor and Robin Keys. Eight delicious rice casseroles were produced. Ellen Hall deserves a special thank you for sending along another giant box of take-out snacks. We were told by SOME administration that this offering is greatly appreciated and receives much positive feedback.
These parishioners answered the call resonated by Dr. King, “What are you doing for others?” It is a question Angela asked herself too.
We return to the Cox Hall kitchen for rice casserole preparation on Thursday, March 19 and travel to DC the next day, March 20, 2020. Please consider joining us. It is an opportunity to look into the eyes of special people like Angela and feel God’s grace.
S.O.M.E. Updates for January
Just a friendly reminder - Next SOME Schedule
We will cook on Thursday, January 16th starting at 7:30am
We will go to DC to serve on Friday, January 17th. The van will leave the church parking lot at 8:30am.
For more information, please contact:
Ann MacLeod at 540-592-3313 or Robin Keys 571-271-7721
Food Closet Requests
For the month of January, we invite all parishioners to make donations to our Food Closet. The picture below shows the common items most needed. These include canned meats (chicken, tuna, spam), canned fruits and vegetables, rice and pasta dishes, instant potatoes, soups, small condiment containers, small cereal boxes, peanut butter, jellies, evaporated milk, fruit drinks, spaghetti sauces, hashes and stews, and macaroni and cheese.
Currently we DO NOT NEED any boxes of dried pasta (spaghetti, noodles) or canned pinto or black beans. All other items are in high demand.
Persons visiting our Food Closet, are only able to take two plastic bags of food, and only one of each item. Please donate items in regular sized cans.
Plan on making a visit to your local supermarket or dollar store. With your help we can give the less fortunate a good start in the new year.
Please do not donate expired food.
S.O.M.E. Updates for December
There is no mightier way to sum up our service at SOME in 2019 then to share the handwritten card we received at our November feed from perennial visitor and gifted pianist, Jenny Yang.
Jenny has been one of our friends at SOME for several years. She always welcomes us in hugs, with recognition and appreciation. If there was any one guest who has shown us love, it is Jenny. These are the relationships that drive us to return to O street in Washington, D.C. time after time to serve. Jenny writes:
Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ at Trinity Church:
Another Christmas is on horizon. I want to thank God for all the love, grace and kindness through your congregation. Seeing you here at S.O.M.E. each time makes me feel the love of our Lord Jesus through your generosity, sincere and warm smile, and greeting. There is such a divine beauty in the family of Christian faith. May God continue to bless you all and the families and His Almighty hand be upon your members.
Love in Christ,
Jenny Young
As we close our 32nd year of this ministry, we pause at a crossroads. Despite the love we feel from patrons like Jenny, we occasionally struggle with detractors who may misunderstand our mission.
With rising food prices, we were economically challenged to keep to our budget. (But we managed with a little over $17.00 to spare). With subliminal criticism of our efforts and an expressed igno-rance that Trinity church should stick to the Fauquier environs to meet the needs of the poor and hungry, we ended the year a bit bruised. (But we looked directly in the eyes of the 300 people we fed, many of whom lack a roof over their heads or a guarantee of their next meal and endured to move forward). With inconsistent support for our pleas for brownies and baked goods, we explored alternatives with mixed results. (We found delicious brownie and cornbread products at wholesale cost). With no available freezer space in the Cox Hall kitchen, we shuttled heavy boxes of goods amongst home kitchens. (But we relegated an old freezer to the other side of our church campus and created storage).
The bottom line is we carried on. And we grew stronger, largely thanks to a steady group of regulars who make this program work and a willing consortium of parishioners who answer the call when Ann MacLeod sounds the rallying cry for support. And then there are those who just step up every single time without an ask. Service to SOME is natural for them. It is all about the fellowship we create in giving.
For their November service, we would like to recognize the following in no particular order:
Ken Knapp, navigation and expert fish preparation, Len Shapiro, navigation and green bean purveyor, Bob Appenzeller, jack of all trades, Carol Miller, beacon of light, Maggie New, dessert specialist, Jim Gemmer, perhaps the ablest, most purposeful pan scrubber on the planet, Josefina Hooker, our energizer bunny, and Ann MacLeod, without whom this program would not have continued all these years. Robin Keys filled in where necessary and was afforded the opportunity to roam the dining hall and talk with the guests, one of the most rewarding experiences in our DC journey.
In the Cox Hall kitchen, we had one of the most extraordinary crews ever assembled. Among our cooks were: Ann MacLeod; Kelly Johnson; Ellen Hall; Carol Miller; Stephanie Knapp; John O’Donnell; Jolly DeGive; Sandra Markus; Barbara Augenblick; Gloria Armfield; Robin Keys and Pat Reilly.
Ellen Hall deserves special recognition. We landed at SOME with two large sealed boxes that Ellen had prepared. Inside were cartons and cartons of cookies and snacks as well as individually sealed bags of assorted candy. The guests were over the moon to walk out with a little treat for later. Ellen has stepped up to the plate and filled a need – the cold, lonely hours between lunch and breakfast when hunger strikes for the food insecure.
Another cog in the giant wheel that is the SOME Outreach mission is the inspirational Tommy Breeden. While on well-deserved vacation, Tommy came in early Friday and loaded our van. He had made a point of dropping in as the cooking process was winding down the day before just to chat and personally assure that he would be back the next morning.
Our ally Betsy Crenshaw has somehow managed in the midst of food inflation, to steady our milk prices with our DC wholesaler at the same amount for years. Betsy does not have to be reminded to order the milk. It is a task that she performs month after month without hesitation. Betsy is our angel on earth for this program.
Coretta Scott King said, “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.”
God bless all of you that witness our efforts. We feel we are making an impact and welcome your suggestions for improvement as we consider future endeavors. We are a transparent function of Trinity Church and invite you to examine our utility and personally join us in the kitchen or to the District. Having served over 2000 people in 2019 at a cost of just under $3.00 a person, we stand by our achievement.
Thank you for your support.
Food Closet Donations Needed
For the month of December, we invite all parishioners to make donations to our Food Closet. The picture here shows the common items most needed. These include canned meats (chicken, tuna, spam), canned fruits and vegetables, rice and pasta dishes, instant potatoes, soups, small condiment containers, small cereal boxes, peanut butter, jellies, evaporated milk, fruit drinks, spaghetti sauces, hashes and stews, and macaroni and cheese.
Currently we DO NOT NEED any boxes of dried pasta (spaghetti, noodles) or canned pinto or black beans. All other items are in high demand.
Persons visiting our Food Closet, are only able to take two plastic bags of food, and only one of each item. Please donate items in regular sized cans.
Plan on making a visit to your local supermarket or dollar store. With your help we can make the holidays easier for the less fortunate.
Please do not donate expired food.
S.O.M.E. Updates for November
For our final 2019 SOME on November 14 and 15, it is our goal to continue to serve our regular meal of baked crusted haddock with tartar sauce, rice casserole, fresh coleslaw, cornbread, green beans, chocolate cake with whipped cream and milk. We may add applesauce, depending on the cost.
Our food provider, Schenck in Winchester, VA continues to offer us the best wholesale prices on our goods as costs have risen considerably over the last several months.
We found our parishioners were no longer contributing enough brownies and cookies to sufficiently feed our guests and made the switch to sheet cakes earlier this year. Though a messy proposition, it is well received by SOME diners, as well as the staff. We were known as the only food provider serving fish and now we hold the distinction of being the only one that serves chocolate cake with whipped cream.
For a long time, Gina Hammond was singlehandedly supplying us with our sweets and Gar Royer was baking fresh bread. But we gave them a well-deserved break and are trying to stay consistent by plating identical portions so there is no haggling in the serving line. Gina came up with the idea of purchasing dessert cups to hold the cake and whipped cream so it can be assembled in advance and dropped onto the plate for easier consumption.
Currently, Ellen Hall has stepped up graciously and sends in loads of take-out snacks that are distributed for parting guests. We have tried fresh fruit in the past and found the quality inconsistent and the cost very expensive. SOME does not serve dinner and discourages guests from wrapping up their lunch and taking it out so we like to have something portable for them to grab on their way out the door should hunger arise later.
That said, if you have an orchard and want to send in a bushel of apples, we will take them to SOME. Just let us know in advance so we can prepare room in the van. If you would like to buy an item in bulk, or put together some sandwiches or make a special, non-perishable dish, we more than welcome and encourage your contribution. However we ask that you pre-package in snack size plastic bags for take out purposes or leave in the Cox Hall kitchen in advance so we may do the same.
We thank you for your generous support of this ministry and hope to carry forward for our 33rd year in 2020.
Outreach Committee Coffee Hour
Outreach Committee Coffee Hour November 17th
Please join the Outreach Committee during Coffee Hour on Sunday, November 17, where 2019 grant recipients will be setting up information tables and will be available to speak to the congregation about their missions. These charities are receiving funds raised during the Hunt Country Stable Tour - come see the Stable Tour’s huge impact! From Haiti to Fluvanna to Upperville these charities are making a difference to people’s lives and we are honored to be able to help.
The theme of mission will continue at the coffee hour after the 10:30 service with representatives of the organizations given donations from the Stable Tour proceeds.
In late September, the Outreach Committee met to review funding applications from various charities, both local and abroad. The funds are provided from Hunt Country Stable Tour income, held Memorial Day weekend annually. Trinity Episcopal Church is very active in working with people in need, not just for people in need. Trinity is thankful to the Lord that we can be of assistance in both ways, in providing funding we have available and in working beside people to better their circumstances. The Committee asks the full Trinity Congregation to continue volunteering, donating, and helping in whatever ways they individually feel called to help the world, far away and even in our own towns. If you are unsure how you would like to help or if you would simply like to know what the Committee has found to be good, meaningful help for God’s people, please find more information below.
2019 Grant Recipients:
By His Wounds $2,000
The “Welcome Home Initiative” provides military veterans with ministry and resources for spiritual and emotional healing at no cost. Retreats are available to veterans and their families for a weekend at no cost, providing healing, a path forward after trauma, and finding stability in life for the future. Located in Virginia, and across the US and UK. https://www.byhiswoundsministry.org/about/
A Little Heart $2,000
Providing funding available to Fauquier County school principals for students who need financial assistance with field trip fees, eyeglasses, lice kits, books, music uniforms, extracurricular club memberships, etc. When families experience very sudden financial turns, they often miss financial aid filings or requirements and small things such as joining Honors Society are deferred due to costs. This discretionary fund fills the gap in Fauquier schools. https//www.alittleheartcharity.org/
FISH $2,500
“For Immediate and Sympathetic Help,” or FISH, assists with utility bills to prevent cut-off services, prescription medication costs, rent, and medical visits when our neighbors are found suddenly in a real bind. FISH pays directly to providers, not individuals. This is truly a neighbor organization. http:s//www.fauquierfish.org/
Helping Haitian Angels $5,000
This international organization has a sponsor located in Haymarket, VA and it has been a special charity of Trinity’s Congregation for years. Providing funding for Kay Anj School (125 students, most impoverished, some abused) and their building needs, now Helping Haitian Angels is looking to offer adult education for parents. https://www.helpinghaitianangels.org/
Kairos Prison Ministry of Virginia $1,500
A weekend of forgiveness, ministry, and healing is offered to one of the most challenged groups, imprisoned women in Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. The weekend, which is fully run by volunteers, is carefully managed with family talks, music, and meditation prayer. http://www.kairosprisonministry.org/
Operation Smile $2,000
Providing a common surgery to correct cleft palates among those who cannot afford such care world-wide. Often the birth defect is substantial enough to prohibit normal eating, hygiene, and social life, but can be corrected with surgery which is provided free thanks to Operation Smile. https//www.Operationsmile.org
Mobile Hope $7,000
Providing food, hygiene supplies, and help to those in need in our local community with their MobileHope Van meal service. Also, a strong focus on protecting, helping, and teaching self-sufficiency to homeless youth in Loudoun - of which one in ten teens and young adults face for some part of the year.
https://www.mobilehopeloudoun.org/
PolkaDot Library $1,000
Located in a remote village of Kenya, the library is a learning center for grades 1-8. Books, classroom, eco-garden, and indoor toilets are made available to over 350 children daily. Trinity parishioner Debra Principi is a Board member. Volunteer teachers from the US will hopefully be replaced by a salaried person, for which they seek funding. http://www.thepolkadotlibrary.org/
Churches of Upperville $2,000
This consortium of village churches provides meal baskets, holiday-themed goody baskets, and a food pantry for those in our own community in need, particularly shut-ins and families.
Piedmont Child Care Center $10,000
Originally a preschool in Trinity’s basement, now housed across the street, Piedmont provides affordable child-care from six weeks to kindergarten and some summer camp care. Meals are provided, as well as excellent curriculum and a lot of free play in the garden or on the trails behind the school.
http://www.piedmontchildcare.org/
Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation $2,500
A favorite charity of multiple Trinity parishioners, located in Fauquier and Loudoun, Cherry Blossom provides grants for cancer research and the NOVANT Mammo Van visit to Trinity for under-served women to achieve mammogram screening. Also provides support to cancer patients’ families and survivor care. https://cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org/
The Joy of Mission - Mission Sunday
The Joy of Mission – Mission Sunday, Nov. 17
On Sunday, November 17, we welcome the Reverend Dr. Titus Presler to help us celebrate Mission Sunday, a day to consider the Joy of Mission: Building Companionship over Boundaries of Difference. Picking up on that Sunday’s apocalyptic gospel, he will preach at both services on the theme, ‘Dreadful Portents: Mission amid the World’s Turmoil.’ He will also lead the morning’s Adult Forum at 9:15.
Titus Presler is an Episcopal missiologist with experience in India and Zimbabwe. Most recently he was principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan. He is president of the Global Episcopal Mission Network (www.gemn.org) an association of mission activist dioceses, congregations, agencies, seminaries and individuals.
Educated at Harvard College(A.B), General Seminary (M.Div.), and Boston University (Th.D.), he was the academic dean of General Seminary and president of the Seminary of the Southwest. He has also taught at Episcopal Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Gaul Theological College in Harare, and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He specializes in mission theology and gospel-culture interactions. Former rector of St. Peter’s Church in Cambridge, Mass., he was a researcher for the Global Anglicanism Project and a consultant for the Anglican Indaba Project. Earlier he worked with our Interim Rector Ed Miller at All Saints’ Church in Belmont, Mass.
An honorary canon in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, Presler is a visiting researcher at Boston University School of Theology. He is vicar of St. Matthew’s Church in Enosburg, Vermont, and coordinates Green Mountain Witness, the evangelism initiative of the Diocese of Vermont. Among many publications, he is author of Horizons of Mission in the New Church’s Teaching Series, and Going Global with God: Reconciling Mission in a World of Difference. He blogs at TitusOnMission.wordpress.com and can be reached at: tituspresler@post.harvard.edu.
Toys for Tots at Trinity
Christmas is less than 8 weeks away.
A Toys For Tots box will be in the Cox Hall on November 22nd through December 10th.
Your donations of new toys is most appreciated. Please contact Dorothy Gow with any questions. 540-592-9559
S.O.M.E. Updates for October
For our final 2019 SOME on November 14 and 15, it is our goal to continue to serve our regular meal of baked crusted haddock with tartar sauce, rice casserole, `fresh coleslaw, cornbread, green beans, chocolate cake with whipped cream and milk. We may add applesauce, depending on the cost.
Our food provider, Schenck in Winchester, VA continues to offer us the best wholesale prices on our goods as costs have risen considerably over the last several months.
We found our parishioners were no longer contributing enough brownies and cookies to sufficiently feed our guests and made the switch to sheet cakes earlier this year. Though a messy proposition, it is well received by SOME diners, as well as the staff. We were known as the only food provider serving fish and now we hold the distinction of being the only one that serves chocolate cake with whipped cream.
For a long time, Gina Hammond was singlehandedly supplying us with our sweets and Gar Royer was baking fresh bread. But we gave them a well-deserved break and are trying to stay consistent by plating identical portions so there is no haggling in the serving line. Gina came up with the idea of purchasing dessert cups to hold the cake and whipped cream so it can be assembled in advance and dropped onto the plate for easier consumption.
Currently, Ellen Hall has stepped up graciously and sends in load of take-out snacks that are distributed for parting guests. We have tried fresh fruit in the past and found the quality in-consistent and the cost very expensive. SOME does not serve dinner and discourages guests from wrapping up their lunch and taking it out so we like to have something portable for them to grab on their way out the door should hunger arise later.
That said, if you have an orchard and want to send in a bushel of apples, we will take them to SOME. Just let us know in advance so we can prepare room in the van. If you would like to buy an item in bulk, or put together some sandwiches or make a special, non-perishable dish, we more than welcome and encourage your contribution. However we ask that you pre-package in snack size plastic bags for take out purposes or leave in the Cox Hall kitchen in advance so we may do the same.
We thank you for your generous support of this ministry and hope to carry forward for our 33rd year in 2020.