Things are slowly growing more active here at Patchwork. Bit by bit, we’re bringing back more of our programming, though with some major changes in order to reduce the possible spread of coronavirus. Here’s what a week at Patchwork looks like now: Food Pantry: Our food pantry continues to be open on Wednesdays and Thursdays […]
Patchwork’s Art Garden activities start next week! You can sign up today! But, things will look different this summer. Here’s Rita to tell you a little more about our plans. Will we have stories with the fabulous Susan Fowler? Yes! Will we have art projects for kids to work on? Yes! Will we be planting […]
Our Arts & Smarts Children’s Program staff are hard at work planning a summer unlike any before! If your family participated in any Patchwork Arts & Smarts activities last summer or last school year, be on the lookout for an interest form and survey if you would like to be part of this summer’s fun. […]
Things have been quiet around Patchwork for the last two months, but the building has not been empty. John and I have been here daily to keep the organization running and organized, doing everything from picking up the mail, getting bills paid, and processing donations to feeding the fish, watering the plants, and taking weeds […]
Our 2019-2020 Arts & Smarts school year was scheduled to end yesterday with a great big celebration. We were looking forward to it: 100+ children, families, friends, volunteers, and staff. An art exhibit. Awards. Photos of the kids. A picnic supper together. We are very sad that this party was not able to happen […]
The Patchwork Central Food Pantry reopened a few weeks ago. We heard that access to food was a concern in our community, and we decided that reopening the pantry was something we could do. For now, the Patchwork Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 am-Noon, and we have rearranged our usual […]
Alan Winslow died Monday, March 30. He was 97 years old. He never considered himself to be a Patchwork Central founder, but he was here from the beginning. There are many great Alan stories. Here’s one as told to me: In the 1980’s during the Cold War, a group of Patchworkers came up with a […]
It hit me when I realized that it was time to unplug Patchwork’s coffeemaker. It’s the commercial kind that is always at the ready with a perpetually heated water reservoir. But for now it doesn’t have to be ready to make coffee. It’s just wasting electricity. I cried. A week ago Thursday, this room had […]
We spend a lot of time talking about “sparks” in Patchwork’s Arts & Smarts Children’s Program, but are the kids really paying attention? In short, sparks are the things that excite and engage someone. Research from the Search Institute shows that when children know what their sparks are and when they have adults in their […]
There was a great party at Patchwork on Tuesday. We didn’t send invitations. We didn’t even know it would be happening ahead of time. But part way through the morning you could just feel it. At first glance, our main room was filled with a very motley crowd. People were drinking coffee and eating some […]