The Teach a Person to Fish Society
January 2021 Newsletter
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?”
~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When we are out and about in the community, making deliveries, developing partnerships, and conducting marketing activities, we often get puzzled looks as people don’t understand the connections between our name, The Teach a Person to Fish Society, our activities (like making meals for the homeless using local and donated resources), and our stated mission and goals which are listed on the website. We are writing an article for the website, social media, and hard-copy distribution that seeks to paint a picture of how our daily operations and short-term goals feed into our broader mission of establishing an eco-village. Also, we’ve labeled marketing freebies (cookies, cereal treats, etc.) with the website, TAPTFSociety.org, and the tag-line, “Sustainability Powered by Community”, hoping that people will be intrigued enough to find out more by reading the full article.
Just a quick recap of our latest activities:
Local chef partners are currently providing individually packaged, wholesome, ready-to-eat meals to charitable food pantry outlets including the Community Resource Center and the Lighthouse for Broken Wings in Rehoboth, and the Milton Food Pantry. Since our last newsletter we have donated 365 meals, along with various dry goods and fresh produce.
Being a retired accountant, our beloved step-mother, Peg Sunday, has volunteered to meticulously maintain a record of our expenditures, donations, labor, etc. She is a pro and it eases our minds tremendously that she is able to do this for us. We were a bit nervous when donations started coming in and wanted to make sure we were accounting for everything correctly.
The Sportsmen Against Hunger program is drawing to a close for the season, but not before donating another 200lbs of Venison to help us combat food insecurity. This will keep our chefs busy for a while!
Cass and friend Eli Scearce have begun construction on the first greenhouse in our garden network. They started construction of the framing at 9 am and by 3 pm they were done. Amazing work!
Welcome Aboard!
Tom Kelch and his husband Keith Carvalho have joined our effort, and their combined skills and industriousness have increased our meal production by 100% already! Tom is the property manager of the Rehoboth Guest House on Maryland Ave. which is jumping during the season (a normal one – soon we hope). The Best Bed & Breakfast in Rehoboth!
A second welcome to friend and fellow UUSD congregant, Amber Peterson, who has volunteered to help us with Business and Strategic planning. We have begun work on setting goals and clearly mapping our organization’s immediate and long-term activities.
Last but not at all least, we warmly welcome our friend and first young adult representative, Monae Klein-Scearce. Among her many skills and interests, Monae is a passionate baker with experience in the food-service industry, and is ServSafe certified. She will be assisting with food production and distribution. Her unique perspective as a young adult who has recently “struck out on her own” is invaluable.
Garden Tip – Seed Banks
The attached video is a great resource of information on how to start your own seed bank. Cass does this in our home using the seeds from vegetables that we’ve either grown, or bought (organic).
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