Putney Foodshelf plans summer pop-up hours
PUTNEY - Pierce's Hall, 140 East Putney Falls Rd., will host the Putney Foodshelf for three pop-up sessions this summer on the second Wednesdays of June, July, and August from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
All are welcome to stop by for free fresh produce and other groceries. For more information, visit putneyfoodshelf.org or call 802-387-0838.
Manitou Healing Walk: Friday, June 10.
WILLIAMSVILLE-The Manitou Project's Healing Walk on Friday, June 10, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., led by Mike Mayer, will include poems or other readings and chances to share about the experience.
Healing walks, held rain or shine, take place every second and fourth Friday of each month until October.
The Manitou Project seeks to foster community with Nature on its 235-acre land preserve in Williamsville, at 300 Sunset Lake Rd., 1.4 miles up Sunset Lake Road from Williamsville village; sign is on right. Or go approximately 5 miles over the top of Sunset Lake Road from Route 9 in West Brattleboro.
Participants should meet at the parking lot at 4 p.m.
For information, contact Mayer at 802-258-8598.
Chicken pie supper served at Evening Star Grange
DUMMERSTON - The Evening Star Grange will hold its old-fashioned chicken pie supper on Saturday, June 11.
Once again, the meal will be take-out only; limited seating inside or at a picnic table will be available if it is a warm night.
Meals can be picked up between 4:30 and 6 p.m.
The menu features what organizers of the event call “the Grange's famous chicken pie,” with biscuit, mashed potatoes and gravy, marinated carrots, corn pudding, and pineapple upside-down cake.
All tickets are $12, and reservations are requested; leave a message at 802-254-1138 with your name, phone number, and number of meals needed.
Open Garden Day at the Sanctuary Garden benefits Westminster Cares
WESTMINSTER WEST-On Sunday, June 12, as a benefit for Westminster Cares, the Sanctuary Garden at 40 Gregg Rd. will be open from 9 a.m. to noon and from 4 to 6 p.m.
Visitors are invited to see old roses, peonies, and a Japanese lilac tree, all in bloom. Peter Adair's new garden sculptures will be on view, including the stone fire circle and the “2022 Firewood Sculpture.”
The garden features integration of ornamental, fruit, and vegetable gardens, especially berries. A new threshold to the garden is an arched entryway with grapevines.
For more info, email Caitlin Adair pcadair@sover.net, or call 802-387-5779.
Guilford Cares to Lead Packer Corners Senior Walk on June 13
GUILFORD- All are invited to stroll around the Packer Corners neighborhood on Monday, June 13, at 10:30 a.m.
The monthly Senior Walk, organized by Guilford Cares, will explore Total Loss Farm with Verandah Porche.
The next stop is South Belden Hill Road, where participants can enjoy Lana and Myron Golden's meandering gardens featuring unique stone creations and view Susan Bonthron's and Gordon Ruff's once-one-room schoolhouse, now a bed and breakfast.
Though advertised as a senior walk, Leah Gessner, executive director of Guilford Cares, confirms that all ages are welcome.
The tour begins at Total Loss Farm, 45 Old County Rd. GPS navigation to this destination can be misleading, warns Porche, so here are her travel directions:
From Guilford Center Road, turn onto Weatherhead Hollow Road and go 4.9 miles. Turn right onto Packer Corners Road for 1.5 miles. (The official Packer Corners Road sign is missing, but look for a small wooden sign.) Old County Road on the left is the driveway. Drive in and park. Porche will greet visitors outside her red house.
Watch for announcements of four more monthly walks in Guilford, July through October.
For more information about Guilford Cares, visit guilfordcares.com.
Lap walks take place weekly in Guilford
GUILFORD- On Fridays at 10:30 a.m., all are invited to join in weekly senior walks at the Playscape, a small park with a babbling brook and a gravel walking path around its perimeter. This activity is ideal for all fitness levels.
The path is flat, and walkers can choose to do one lap, then relax at picnic tables, or do as many laps as desired.
The Playscape is a short distance up Carpenter Hill Road. From Guilford Center Road, turn right at the Guilford Free Library, go around the bend, and look for the park immediately on your right.
Contact Guilford Cares, 802-579-1350 or guilfordcaresvt@gmail.com, for more information or to request a ride.
Wardsboro Yoked Parish moves to South Wardsboro for summer
SOUTH WARDSBORO - The Baptist Church on Cross Road will be the site for church services of Wardsboro Yoked Parish for the remainder of the summer.
Church services begin at 9 a.m. each Sunday. Services will continue there until Aug. 28
Contact Pastor Pete Carlson with questions at 802-874-4181 or carlsonpw56@gmail.com.
Kindle Farm School farm stand now open
TOWNSHEND - Kindle Farm School's self-serve farm stand on Route 30 is now open for the season with a variety of vegetables available for sale as they ripen.
The farm stand is typically stocked on Thursdays.
Cash, or checks made payable to Kindle Farm School, can be placed in the cash box in the farm stand.
For more information, contact Farm Manager Toni Kessler at akessler@kindlefarm.org, or call the school's main office at 802-365-7909.
RFPL offers new language-learning program
BELLOWS FALLS - Rockingham Free Public Library is now offering Mango, a free online language-learning program.
Mango provides vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, conversation practice, and culture simultaneously through interactive lessons and activities for up to 69 languages, including Farsi, Filipino, Igbo, Canadian French, and Latin American Spanish.
The library says that an anonymous donor has funded the RFPL's full-year subscription to this resource.
Ideal for travelers to foreign lands, people learning English as a second language or anyone interested in learning a language, Mango can be accessed from home computers, from the library, and from mobile devices for free to those holding a Rockingham Free Public Library library card.
Library cards are free for all Rockingham residents. Just stop by the library and fill out a brief form. Nonresidents may purchase a one-year library card for $70.
For more information, visit rockinghamlibrary.org.
Recovery coaching offered for individuals, family members
BRATTLEBORO - Turning Point Center of Windham County offers free recovery coaching to aid individuals in establishing and maintaining individual recovery from substance use disorder.
According to the center, a recovery coach “promotes a recovery-based approach to participant care with an emphasis on respect, self-direction, and empowerment by providing peer support, personal assistance, education on community resources, and other supportive services for individuals with a substance abuse disorder.”
Turning Point says its coaches are “highly trained in this peer support work, along with extensive training on ethics and boundaries.” The majority of the organization's coaches “are in recovery themselves and offer the rich experience of understanding what folks are going through and how hard it can be.”
This service is free for individuals or family members. There is no limit on the number of sessions or duration of the relationship.
To access the coaching program, funded by donations, contact the recovery coaching program supervisor at hannahtpwc@gmail.com.