You can still buy your raffle tickets for the Pagosa Springs getaway. The lovely Wyndham Resort cabin has loads of amenities and the natural beauty of this southern Colorado town is awe-inspiring. Chances of winning are good for those willing to take a gamble.  Ask a staff member if you'd like to purchase one ticket for $25 or five tickets for $100. The winning ticket will be drawn on May 1st.

 

KITCHENALITY is having its annual Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 13th. Tell your friends and come on down to find some outstanding bargains! It's the day before Mother's Day, so you can pick up a last-minute gift to show appreciation for all the moms in your life. You're guaranteed to find things on sale that you just can't live without!

The internet has opened so many culinary doors for home-cooks, it's difficult to remember what life was like researching for the perfect recipe through libraries of cookbooks. 

We all get into food ruts from time to time. After working all day, it's not always easy to be creative with the ingredients in the refrigerator. Now, with the click of a button, there are so many fun food lists and recipe collections.  And those lovely food pictures make us want to roll up our sleeves and hit the kitchen! Anytime you're feeling out of ideas, just Google something like "food to cook in April," and you'll have instant inspiration. Here's one of those recipe collections now! Get cooking with what's fresh at the Farmer's Market.


April is Lawn & Garden Month, so taking a note from the previous item, how about finding garden-inspiration from the internet? There's no better place than Pinterest for that! Click here to scroll through lots of pictures, tips, and hacks for your vegetable garden.

                                                              We know that many of our wonderful volunteers are also gardeners. Have you ever thought of  donating some fresh produce to the kitchen? Here's an idea: plant-a-row in your garden this year specifically for Kitchen Angels. We pride ourselves on cooking and serving only the freshest fruits and vegetables to our clients, and we love when that produce is grown locally. Greens, beans, peas, peppers, carrots, cucumbers, turnips - you name it, we'll cook it! Let us know if you plan to set aside a row for Kitchen Angels, and we will bugle your name from the rooftops. You'll also receive a tax-deduction for the value of your donation.

We always welcome new volunteers! Here are our current opportunities:

• Monday Driver, Route 16 (Jaguar Drive)
• Friday Driver, Route 16 (Airport Rd./Jaguar Dr.)

 

Upcoming Volunteer Orientations

    

Wednesday, April 19th from 11:00 - 1:00

   

Please tell people who may be interested to call Lauren at 471-7780  

 

Special Volunteer Opportunities...

 

Batsheva, our Ambassador at The Teahouse last year

 

 

We are still looking for a few volunteers for Angels Night Out- especially back-up ambassadors who can help out in a pinch. If you haven't been an ambassador before, ask any staff member and they'll fill you in. It's a fun and easy way to support Kitchen Angels by thanking diners for eating out, and telling people about the good work Kitchen Angels does. We are giving away prizes to the ambassadors who raise the most money this year, so sign up today!   

Local centenarian John Stephenson, 102, founded Santa Fe Community Farm

With advances in medicine, better prenatal care, vaccines, and a trend toward healthier lifestyles, human life-expectancy has steadily increased. In developed countries, the number of centenarians (people living to age 100 or more) doubles every 13 years! Of course the value of life is better measured with the quality of those years, not just the quantity. AARP has compiled a list of 50 Great Ways to Live Longer, all of which are based on scientific research. These suggestions not only lead to a longer life but, most likely, a happier one as well. Many happy returns!


In honor of National Humor Month, here are some cheesy food-related zingers:

We have 362 Active Volunteers who grace our halls year in and year out and on whom we rely. And then we have 285 more individuals coming in to help temporarily. These individuals come to Kitchen Angels for a variety of reasons. Some need to complete community service hours for church, school, or the courts. Others come to us through their place of employment or worship, to build community and camaraderie through service activities. It was just such a group that visited Kitchen Angels on March 11th and helped us with a huge project. Sagebrush Community Church arrived at 8:00 am on a Saturday, with 25 very capable volunteers. Not only did these folks grab the clipboard of jobs and complete those tasks quickly, but they did so with joy, efficiency, kindness, and care. Volunteers organized items in our warehouse, boxed and labeled them, and then moved the boxes out of our warehouse and into a storage unit outside. All of this was in preparation for our upcoming facility renovation. The group stayed for three hours and did a truly remarkable job that assisted Kitchen Angels in taking our next step to an expanded and improved facility. Many thanks to these visiting volunteer groups that take on special projects to assist Kitchen Angels. Your work really does make a difference.