For additional information, contact:
Molly McCullagh
313-579-2100 ext. 204, [log in to unmask]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN’S URBAN
FARM ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Detroit, MI (November 19, 2008)
…The Capuchin Soup Kitchen and its urban garden ministry, Earthworks Urban Farm, will be hosting a holiday
open house from December 1-19, 2008. The open house will include the
opportunity to learn about the work of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, including the
opening of the ROPE bakery, to purchase socially conscious products of the soup
kitchen and to tour the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, and its Earthworks
gardens.
The event will be held at the
Meldrum Capuchin Soup Kitchen at 1264 Meldrum, Detroit 48207. The open house will take
place out of Earthworks workspace
Monday through Friday from 9am until 4pm.
Available products include local
honey, jams made with Earthworks
berries, handbalm made with the local beeswax, and more. Honey will be
available from the Earthworks’
honey bee hives located at their three garden sites on Detroit’s
eastside as well as from the Capuchin’s Retreat
Center in Washington, MI.
Volunteers at the Capuchin Soup
Kitchen jammed nearly 1000 jars of black raspberry currant, gooseberry,
elderberry, and grape jams this fall. Please call ahead to confirm selection,
as some varieties sell out early. With these products, “we hope to give
folks the opportunity to share Earthworks
with friends and family and educate them on the work we do” says Patrick
Crouch, Program Manager of Earthworks
Urban Farm.
“Buying locally produced
and grown products helps builds strong communities”. Crouch continues.
In an effort to encourage their community to continue to buy local, all jars of
jam and honey feature a $1 coupon on the lid for Grown in Detroit produce. This coupon can be used to
buy Detroit-grown vegetables and fruits at local seasonal farmers’ markets
in 2009.
The Capuchin Soup
Kitchen’s Earthworks Urban Farm works for a just, beautiful food system
for all. Its three city gardens yield over 6,000 pounds of produce each season,
most of which goes into meals at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Earthworks educates
the community in regards to sustainable relationships between human beings and
the earth.
Founded in 1929, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen serves Metro Detroit by
providing food, clothing, and spiritual counsel to those in need. Frequently
preparing and serving 2,000 meals a day, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen also
distributes household items and operates a shower program, food pantry, and
children’s tutoring and art therapy program.
Earthworks Urban Farm,
a program of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen can be contacted at (313)-579-2100 x
204, [log in to unmask],
www.cskdetroit.org/earthworks
www.cskdetroit.org
www.thecapuchins.org
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