Thanks Everyone for a Memorable FLASH Fun-Raiser Concert

We can’t believe it’s been two weeks since we had our marvelous ‘fun-raiser’ concert by FLASH In the Pans down at the Ellsworth waterfront Harbor Park! What a great location for such a fun concert like this!

Folks started arriving with their lawn chairs and smiles around 6:30 in order to steak out their spot on the grass carpeted area. The band began their infectious lively melodies at 7:30 and the crowd responded with much applause and a whole lot of dancing. Needless to say, everyone loved it!

From the concession area, one could smell the freshly popped-corn which wafted through the air. There was also a nice assortment of homemade goods for sale along with glow necklaces and water. There was even a kiosk selling crystals and things.

It was easy to see that everyone was having a GREAT time and didn't want the evening to end!

We are thrilled that our 1st event was such a success and now we have something to build upon! We know that next year will be even better!

This concert generated more than $1000 after expenses, which will help us, provide about 800 more meals!!!

We want to thank everyone who support us and contributed to make this evening a memorable one!

mark your calendars!

Please join us on Labor Day for a benefit concert by Blue Hill, ME based steel drum band Flash! In The Pans. The concert will take place at Ellsworth Harbor Park (public boat launch) at 7:30pm, Monday, Sept. 6th. This will be a great way to mark the end of summer, and an even better way to raise some funds for Ellsworth's only 'soup kitchen'! Plenty of free parking - including handicapped - and refreshments will be available. See you there!

Many thanks to St. Saviour's Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor for sponsoring our April 5th meal. We served over 100 people and no one went away hungry! From soup to salad to desserts, all was made possible by our very enthusiastic volunteer staff and this generous donation from our neighbors in Bar Harbor.
A very special thank you to the incredibly creative Nancy D., who made this beautiful poster. It now resides proudly at St. Saviour's Church, for all to enjoy!

board meeting update

Just a reminder that the EE Board Meetings are now happening on the third Monday of the month, instead of the third Tuesday. Time and place has not changed - they still take place at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church at 4pm. The meeting are open to the public and those with fresh ideas and input are encouraged to attend!

new eats! hours

Please note that we have changed our hours of service - We now serve from 3pm - 6pm.
As always, please remember that all food is available for 'take out'. Please come and enjoy a meal with us or just stop by and pick up some food to take home - or to bring to a friend or neighbor!

1600 meals and counting!

My how time flies when you’re having fun! That’s what the volunteers at Everybody Eats! were thinking as they set up to serve their 23rd weekly free community meal this past Monday.
The group, which is made up entirely of volunteers, prepares and serves a homemade, healthful meal free of charge each Monday at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church.

Their first meal was served on June 8th of this year and while attendance was initially sparse, it has grown considerably. To date, Everybody Eats! has served over 1600 individual meals to people from almost every town on Hancock County, and many from Knox and Washington Counties and beyond.
Everybody Eats! has utilized close to 40 volunteers who over the course of the last few months have logged nearly 870 hours preparing and serving the meals.

The meals are made possible by donations of food, services and money by local businesses and individuals in Ellsworth and the surrounding area. Recent sponsors include Rev. Jerry Stone, Finelli Pizza, Friends & Family Market, Loaves & Fishes, Maine Shellfish, Nostrano, What’s for Suppa? Food Pantry, and The Black House Community Garden.

As colder weather- and thus higher fuel bills- approaches, Everybody Eats! anticipates the need for a supplemental food source will increase dramatically as people struggle with the choice of heating their homes or buying food. The group plans to respond to this need by increasing the amount of food it prepares, but they too struggle with limited resources and encourage any and all individuals or businesses who wish to make a donation to contact Julia Ventresco, 207.667.4472 or email julia@onewomanstudio.com.

Volunteers are needed as well, and can be scheduled by calling Marian Wells, 207.667.6206 or email sagegirlmsw@aol.com.

busy, busy, busy!

October has proven to be a busy month! Too busy to send out my usual EverybodyEats! update- my apologies!

Our meal last Monday was well attended as always- The menu consisted of Curried Carrot and Potato Soup, deviled eggs, bean and pasta salad, green salad, bread pudding and more!

Many thanks to Loaves and Fishes food pantry, Emmaus Center, Finelli's, and St. John/St. Andrew Church for donating the various ingredients that went into creating the meal.
The only purchase was a gallon of milk ($5.19) for the bread pudding. We made enough food to feed our usual 100 'customers', which means the total cost of each serving was a mere $.05!

Did I mention the 'we' consisted of myself, Julia Ventresco- and the amazing Claudette Werner? Yup, that's right- two of us put on a meal for 100 in a few (very) short hours! Due to a couple of our regular volunteers being out of town and one out sick, it was up to us to 'feed the masses'. If you had looked in on us that day you'd have just seen a blur- we were moving that fast. Thanks also to Claudette for her music mix that kept us jumping. Needless to say we were overjoyed to see the second shift volunteers come in that afternoon!

While the fact that we managed to pull off the meal while being so short handed (and live to tell about it!) is wonderful, the truth is we need more volunteers!
Our volunteers help with: food prep, light cooking/salad making, washing dishes, dining room set-up, serving/greeting and clean up. And we have a lot of fun too!
Please contact Marian Wells (667.6206) or Julia Ventresco (667.4472) to get signed up! We are also looking for an experienced cook who would like to be "chef for a day". No quantity cooking skills are required- I'll help you with that. Did I mention that it's fun?