Dear friends of the Montague Farm Cafe,
Thanks to the many of you who have helped our first two Cafe’s go marvelously. And warm welcome to those of you who would like to find out how to participate.
Starting June 19th, we will go weekly with our Montague Farm Cafes, creating a “supreme meal” made out of the ingredients (that includes volunteers like you) that come forth.
The April 10th and May 15th meals were very special. We have been creating a space where all of us -teachers and doctors, families in homeless shelters, people living in their cars or under a bridge, retirees, business people, registrars, elders in subsidized housing, artists, kids from foster care, neighbors, and more- come together to create community, laugh, and enjoy great food. Such mixed community spaces are rare and powerful and can feed each of us where we need it.
To facilitate volunteer sign up and coordination, I set up our wiki, http://zpmealsinmontague.wetpaint.com/, so that you can easily sign up for specific date(s) to volunteer. The wiki now lists 5 meals between June 19 through July 17, so we can plan ahead and have an easily coordinated flow. How about going to the wiki now (or emailing me) and signing up!
You can select a specific date (or several) and indicate the time frame you can commit to on a day and whether there are specific kinds of offerings you’re especially well-suited to make (i.e. cooking a dish, leading a fun activity, serving and cleaning, leading a wellness offering, etc.) One couple is celebrating their anniversary by volunteering for a meal. A men’s group is getting involved in shifts together. Consider organizing your workplace, friends, family, or religious group for a monthly shift.
Together we are creating something very beautiful that makes an impact -public health data speaks to the power of community and connectedness as an indicator of school completion rates, wellness, violence and addiction prevention, and a whole slew of other factors. And having access to good and healthy food (much of it coming right from our garden) is no small thing for many of us.
I hope you will be part of the diverse and unique community we are building at the Montague Farm Cafe.
When you go to the wiki, it will look like this:
June 19th
- ms. a, 11-3pm: set up, clean up- mr. b, 11-noon: can do whatever is needed lovely c, 11-4pm: transportation, would like to make a dish madame d, 1:30-3:00: wellness offering—
June 26th----
July 3rd ---
July 10th----

July 17th----
You’ll see easy wiki instructions at the bottom of the wiki explaining how to insert your name -or you can contact me, and I can insert your info. About 5 days before each meal, I’ll send the relevant list of volunteers an email mapping out the assigned volunteer roles for the upcoming Cafe.
I’ll be in Poland (in part for a bearing witness retreat) from June 2 -June 14. While I am away, Steve Kanji Ruhl can answers any questions about the Cafe. Email: Kanji@zenpeacemakers.com or phone: 413-367-5276.
Once again, I invite YOU, yes YOU to be an ingredient in this supreme meal. You are a very important ingredient!

Serving the meal

Dakotaskye’s puppet show

Tracy, Tanaya, Shelly, Adrianna, and Bernice enjoying the alpacas

Loren’s all age improv games -super fun!

The Prince of Color delights.
See more of Cynthia Roderick’s wonderful photos of the May 15th meal here: http://www.photoshelter.com/c/roderick/
Warmly, Karen

Karen Kisui Werner Montague Farm Zen House DirectorZen Peacemakers177 Ripley Road,Montague, MA 01351413-367-5275karen@zenpeacemakers.comWww.zenpeacemakers.org

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