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St. Anne Charitable Outreach/Food Pantry Update

Thank you all for your generous donations to St. Anne’s Food Pantry. Year to Date September we have delivered over 300 items including much needed cereal, soup, canned pasta, meats and veggies, peanut butter, juice and a myriad of other items. Also, many thanks to all of you who have placed orders through St. Anne’s Amazon Wish List! Some new facts about the Food Pantry – now under the St. Anne Charitable Outreach which has branched out to include Heaven’s Kitchen, St. Anne Food Pantry and St. Anne Victory Garden.

Heaven’s Kitchen:

When the Covid 19 Pandemic closed the schools in March of 2020, Heaven's Kitchen was born and took the lead in serving the young people of the local community that depended on the school lunch program. It has expanded to serve not only the needs of the youth of the community, but also others of any age, who find themselves in need of consistent and nutritious meals.  Heaven's Kitchen serves ready to go meals on a weekly basis, Tuesday through Sunday, to those members of the community who may be disabled, live alone or with short-term health issues. These meals just need to be heated up and eaten. Recipients need only to call St. Anne’s church office 603-329-5886 to be added to the list or stop by between 8:30 - 4:00 (on Tuesday – Thursday) to receive a meal. Arrangements can be made to have meals delivered as well. There is an emergency number to call when a meal is needed, and the church office is closed – 603-339-3731.

Starting in Summer 2024 – with help from a grant from The Alexander Eastman Foundation, Heaven’s Kitchen purchased and operates a food truck to deliver healthy meals. From June 24 through August 23, Heavens Kitchen Food Truck traveled mornings through Derry, Londonderry and Hampstead distributing healthy lunches to any child.  Continuing this ministry, please see Heaven Kitchen’s Fall/Winter Mobile Meal Delivery information and schedule:

Heaven’s Kitchen Mobile Meal Deliveries 

October 8, 2024 to March 28, 2025 

Heaven’s Kitchen Mobile Food Truck is part of St. Anne Parish Charitable Outreach in Hampstead, NH.  

We are launching our fall/winter feeding program to deliver nutritious, quality meals to children and Seniors in area communities. If you have a friend, neighbor or family member who could benefit from this program, please help us get the word out to them for locations to receive a hot meal. Contact information for this program is noted below. 

Please note that registration may be required by site locations for the meal drop off cooperative program but are NOT REQUIRED where hot meals are served. 

These meals will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the fall/winter months as noted above. When any of the below towns close school due to weather, the food truck will not operate. Below are the distribution sites where hot meals are served from our mobile food truck.  

HOT MEALS SERVED AT (times noted): 

• Emerson Village, Hampstead (near clubhouse) 1:30-2:00 pm 

• Atkinson Community Center, Atkinson (in parking lot) 2:30-3:00 pm 

• Leach Library, Londonderry (in parking lot) 3:45-4:15 pm 

• Community Caregivers / Sr Apartments, Derry (in parking lot) 4:45-5:15 pm 

• Fairway Apartments, Derry (near clubhouse) 5:45-6:15 pm 

Meal drop-off cooperative program; registration may be required by site location: 

• Greater Derry Boys and Girls Club, Derry  

• The Upper Room, Derry   

• Marion Gerrish Community Center, Derry  

• Derry Head Start, Derry  

Contact information:   Rigatoni26@comcast.net   #603-339-3731

Food Pantry:

Under the direction of St. Anne Charitable Outreach, St. Anne’s Food Pantry has served families in need from the towns of Hampstead, Atkinson, East Hampstead, Danville and Sandown for over thirty years. Most recipients go to the Food Pantry weekly on Thursdays and/or Saturdays. Currently, the Food Pantry serves approximately 60 families (up from 40 last year) each week. Participants register and then shop for a variety of items including fresh milk, butter, eggs, meat, canned goods and dry goods. The Food Pantry recently received a grant from the NH Food Bank to partner with a local farm (St. Anne partnered with Meadows Mirth) and purchase local produce to add to the items in the Pantry. St. Anne’s Food Pantry also prepares over 110 food baskets for families on both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

St. Anne Community Victory Garden:

The Victory Garden has 40 raised beds and a green house. Participants pay $20/bed (cost for watering) and are asked to donate a small amount of their product to the Food Pantry. The Food Pantry has several beds and grows fresh vegetables to add to the Pantry offerings.

COFFEE HOUR HELP...

Our Sunday morning COFFEE HOUR is one of the highlights of our Sunday mornings together. I think most of us would agree with this! Chatting over a cup of coffee and a small plate of goodies gives us a great chance to "catch up" with and get to know one another better - fellowship at its very best! We are blessed with some really wonderful volunteers who make our COFFEE HOUR happen each week. They make the coffee and heat up the tea water, bring in some treats (coffee cake, cookies, cheese and crackers, or fruit, etc.) to share, set the table, and clear and clean up at the end. It's quite a commitment, but very often others lend a helping hand. 

I make up a schedule for three months at a time; therefore, each volunteer ideally signs up for one Sunday every three months. This has worked out pretty well. Now, however, several of our volunteers have had to "step back" for various reasons, and so we find ourselves in need of additional volunteers to make the "once every three months" schedule work. Is it possible that YOU might try your hand at helping? Having two of you sign up together makes the set up that much easier and more enjoyable. 

As of right now, October through December is almost filled EXCEPT for: November 24th and December 15th. Please contact me if you might be interested in doing this or if you have any questions. I would appreciate it very much, as would everyone who enjoys the fellowship we are so fortunate to share each week!

Thank you!

Judy Dobson (603-548-9381)

rjdobwood@comcast.net

Volunteers Needed for Christmas Craft Fair

Our annual Christmas Craft Fair is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th. This fundraiser is one of our most successful events and is essential to our bottom line. Though it is work intensive, it is also a fun time and great community event. To continue this tradition, we need your help. Please consider volunteering.  

Friday December 6th

5pm – Clear out Classrooms

Saturday December 7th (day of the fair)

9am – 11am Man tables

11am – 1pm Man tables

1pm-3pm Man tables

3pm Clean-up and return classrooms to original order.

Sign-up sheets will be available at Hadley Hall by October 20th. You can also contact HCC at 603-329-6985, or text Barbara Wallack at bsw91@comcast.net to sign up or with questions.  

We greatly appreciate any help you can offer.  

Fall Clean-Up Volunteers Needed

Operations is requesting your help to clean up the church grounds in preparation for winter. In addition, there are some areas inside the building such as the kitchen and under furniture that need to be addressed.

If you have a rake, blower, pruners, a tarp, etc., bring them with you. The date is Saturday, November 16, 9am-12pm. Please see the task list if you cannot make it Saturday. Many hands make light work.  

Thank you,  

Operations Team  

Music Corner by Herb Tardiff

The ukulele, which comes from the guitar family, is popular in both traditional and pop music. 

The ukulele is typically made of four nylon or gut strings or sequences of strings, some of which may be harmonized in courses. Many famed artists like Eddie Vedder and Jason Mraz have used this instrument to enrich their classical songs. 

The uke provides an excellent starting point for music students and amateur musicians. Musicians of any age can quickly learn to play this instrument. The ukulele is available in four different sizes with different pitches, tones, fretboards, and tunes. 

1. The first ukulele is said to have been built in 1879; however, it is not clear who invented this instrument.

2. Renowned astronaut Neil Armstrong had a great passion for playing the ukulele.

3. C. F. Martin Guitars manufactured ukulele in the 1920s, and the sales of this instrument were on par with that of guitars. 

4. Lately, the ukulele business has witnessed a boom. Sales of ukulele have grown 500-600 percent in the past few years.  

5. Initially, the ukulele strings were produced from sheep or cat gut. The modern ukulele’s feature strings made of nylon. 

6. Beatle George Harrison had a collection of hundreds of ukuleles.

7. “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz remains the top-selling ukulele song as of now. It was released in 2008. 

8. Most ukuleles are made of mahogany wood; however, the cheap ones (usually made for children) are made of plastic.

9. George Harrison and Paul McCartney came out as fans of the ukulele in the mid-1990s. 

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New AMAZON Wish List for

Saint Anne's Food Pantry

St. Anne's Pantry is seeing an increase in the number of families who shop with them. They've almost doubled the amount of families who shop weekly since this time last year. They try to keep their shelves stocked as much as they can.

They are reaching out for some help...donations are needed. They thought they would try an Amazon Wish List in addition to listing items here.

Thank you in advance for any donations. 

Please no expired items and non-perishable items only please.

Drop off in the foyer of Hadley Hall.

Looking for the following: Bottles of apple juice, cranberry juice, juice boxes, cereal…no oatmeal please, salad dressings, coffee, tea, Chunky and Progresso soups, brownie & muffin mixes, Ensue, spices.

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