Seed Library update
Thanks to everyone who came to the Seed Library Open House. We had a record crowd of 15 people. We handed out seeds and information on seed saving and answered[…]
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The Free Market Helps People Starting Over
Since 2018, the Free Market has had a special section not open to the public where we keep new and like-new housewares for agency clients who are starting over—for example,[…]
It’s Giving Tuesday
Dear friends and neighbors, I want to thank everyone for their generous donations at our Annual Meeting and Auction. If you would like to make an additional donation to Grayson[…]
The Free Market, Matchmaker for Your Treasures
Our usual procedure at the Free Market is to clean, sort, and put your donations on the shelves for anyone who comes through the doors. However, some items deserve special[…]
Food Independence: A healthy 4 year old!
Sometimes it is hard to believe Food Independence celebrates its fourth year of food assistance to our community this month. Given huge growth in demand and survival during and after[…]
How YOU can help the Free Market help those in need!
Since we began six years ago, we have had a special “Outreach” section with new and like-new dishes, cookware, linens and blankets that are available to people just starting out[…]
What drove the post-Covid surge at Food independence?
As discussed in the July GLC newsletter, Food Independence, and other food/feeding programs, saw huge increases in client numbers last Spring, usually our slow season. Demand levelled off this summer[…]
Happy Birthday Food Independence!!!
Wow!!! It’s hard to believe Food Independence Food Pantry celebrates its third birthday in July after a successful 36th monthly food distribution in June. We were conceived in March 2020,[…]