Operation Frontline in Ellenville, Queens Galley Wish List

Volunteers needed!
Volunteer Coordinator needed! We also need help in the office, help in the dining room or gardens, help with Operation Frontline, special events and fundraising. Everyone has a strength to share! If you have questions or suggestions please feel free to call us (845) 338-3468

The Queens Galley needs volunteers to help with Kitchen Recycling. Need daily help with flattening cardboard boxes, removal of used cans and bottles from kitchen area to dumpster.
We also need help on Monday late afternoons to bring recyclables to curb for city pick-up and on Tuesday mornings to bring empty containers from curb back to dumpster area.

For more information, please call Karen Miller at The Queens Galley, 845-338-3468.

Save the date!

Monday December 14 7pm – 9pm join us and celebrate the season of gratitude!
Music by “Busking for Bread (thank you John and Nancy Dinoccolo and friends!)
Visit with Santa, enjoy a few light refreshments and visit with our volunteers, staff and crew.

Operation Frontline in Ellenville
Ellenville class starts August 30, 11am-1pm

The classes are free to participants, children ages 8-12. Pre-registration
is necessary and space is extremely limited. For those who cannot secure a
space in the series they can always opt to watch the class from the open
air sidelines at the markets and then of course sample the menu selections
prepared each day. The Ellenville Farmers’ Market is located at the corner of Market
and Center Streets.

For more information please contact the Farmers’ Markets directly or call
Lisa Rowdycz, Operation Frontline coordinator at the Queens Galley (845)
338-3468. Ellenville Market Info: Michael Siegal (845) 647-5150.

The Queens Galley brings Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline to area
Farmers’ Markets
Press Release, Kingston, NY. August 30, 2009

The Queens Galley Food Insecurity Resource Center in Kingston is
partnering with area Farmers’ Markets in Kingston, Woodstock, Ellenville
and Rhinebeck to bring Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline directly
to those markets.

Operation Frontline is a ground breaking hands-on culinary nutrition
education class series brought to the Hudson Valley by The Queens Galley.
The classes are taught by volunteer chefs and nutrition educators to help
participants learn to create healthy great tasting meals on a limited
budget.

Operation Frontline partners with organizations around the nation.
Kingston’s Queens Galley is one of twenty such partners. According to
Share Our Strength’s annual report for 2008 over 500 series were taught in
more than 340 community sites offering courses to 6700 participants. 85%
of participants graduate from the series and 94% of adult participants now
use the nutrition facts label on foods to make food choices.

This Farmers’ Market series is the first of its kind for Operation
Frontline. Queens Galley director, Diane Reeder has been a vocal advocate
of Hudson Valley farm markets and has worked to strengthen the connection
between low income consumers and locally produced food. This Operation
Frontline series marks a collaboration to bring farm fresh food to low
income tables between the farmer, community markets, low income consumers
and the culinary world. “Not only will we be able to teach these kids how
to cook the food on site but they will be able to meet the growers, ask
questions and witness firsthand the seasonality of Hudson Valley Produce”
says Reeder. For the markets, having Operation Frontline serves more than
just an opportunity to reach out to new consumers but the classes double
task as chef demonstrations as well. The Ellenville class starting August
30, 11am-1pm is scheduled to be taught by Marcus Guiliano, Executive
chef/owner of Aroma Thyme Bistro, which has been open since 2003 and has
been honored with a Wine Spectator Award, 25 food rating from Zagat and
more. Each class pairs the chef with a nutrition educator. Ellenville’s
partner is Lori Hessinger who specializes in reflexology. Hessinger, LPN,
HHC is a nurse, reflexologist, as well as a Holistic Health Educator. She
graduated from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in Manhattan and was
certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. As a
practicing nurse, Lori draws upon her nurturing and educating nature to
assist patients with many addictions and disorders. Lori has also created
Natures Choice, her own health counseling business. She offers lectures
as well as individual and group counseling sessions to clients of all ages
and stages of life.

The classes are free to participants, children ages 8-12. Pre-registration
is necessary and space is extremely limited. For those who cannot secure a
space in the series they can always opt to watch the class from the open
air sidelines at the markets and then of course sample the menu selections
prepared each day.

For more information please contact the Farmers’ Markets directly or call
Lisa Rowdycz, Operation Frontline coordinator at the Queens Galley (845)
338-3468.

The Queens Galley is also seeking new volunteers to help in our Soup Kitchen. Our kitchen & dining room are open seven days-a-week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to anyone seeking a meal.

Our wish list for December 2009

New unwrapped toys for under the holiday tree for children visiting the galley.
Gifts of “warmth” for children and adults (mittens, hats, scarves, gloves)
Holiday table cloths
holiday napkins (paper or linen…we’ll wash them!)
vacuum
Someone with a plow for snow to clear the parking lot
snow shovels (so we can do the rest!)
Coffee!
hot cocoa mix
tea bags
sugar
butter
eggs
kitchen towels
ziploc style bags (any size but gallon preferred)
aprons
gift cards to local grocery stores to purchase fresh fruit, veggies and meat

Diane Reeder
Founder, Executive director
The Queens Galley
254 Washington Ave Kingston NY 12401
(845) 338-3468 (v)
(845)901-0341 (m)
www.thequeensgalley.org

http://ellenvillefarmersmarket.blogspot.com/

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