Month: August 2024

Diane B Photo

readying for Schooner Fest 2024…
photo :  trudy clemens

Homeport…

AUGUST 30, 2024 ~ TODTHEOPENDOOR

September is Hunger Action Month™, an annual, nationwide campaign by the Feeding America network to raise awareness and encourage action to reduce food insecurity.  

The Open Door served 957 MORE people and had 4,452 MORE household visits in the first six months of 2024 than the same period in 2023. That means more people are visiting the nonprofit, more often.  

Want to help raise hunger awareness and keep local people fed?  Learn more below about the opportunities on Cape Ann to participate: 

• Donate to support programs of The Open Door at FOODPANTRY.org. 
• Volunteer with The Open Door! Packing groceries, delivering meals, sorting food or sorting donations at Second Glance, and corporate engagement opportunities are just a few of the many roles available to volunteers. Learn more at FOODPANTRY.org/volunteer. 
• Wear orange. Orange is the color of hunger awareness. 
• Enjoy a sweet treat: 

Brothers Brew in Rockport will offer a vanilla donut frosted with orange sprinkles starting Sept. 8 for Hunger Action Month 

Cake Ann will offer special creamsicle and chocolate orange flavored cupcakes to help raise hunger awareness starting Sept. 1 

The Cut will offer a Hunger Action Month cocktail 

Holy Cow’s Gloucester location on Pleasant Street will serve an Orange Creamsicle flavored ice cream 

Turtle Alley will offer chocolate bars embossed with the word “LOVE” 

A portion of proceeds will support local hunger-relief programs of The Open Door! 

• Watch out for Hunger Action Month themed coasters at 1606 Restaurant & Oyster Bar, the Seaport Grille, and The Cut to donate! 
• See Gloucester City Hall and the Beauport Hotellit up with orange lights. 
• Get tickets for The Open Door Thrift the Runway Fashion Show by Second Glance, the thrift store of The Open Door at The Cut on Sunday, Sept. 8. Visit FOODPANTRY.org to learn more.  
• Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga will issue a proclamation naming September Hunger Action Month™ at the Thrift the Runway Fashion Show on Sunday, Sept.8.  
• The Gloucester City Council will also wear orange Hunger Action Month ™ t-shirts to help raise awareness at their Tuesday, Sept. 10 meeting.  
• SHOP and DONATE at Second Glance year-round. Revenue at the store raises funds for hunger-relief programs of The Open Door. Free referrals are also given to the community for those in need. 

Learn more about Hunger Action Month™ at FOODPANTRY.org.  

Since October 7, reports and stories of catastrophe and atrocities in Israel and Gaza  have dominated the news. A future of peace and cooperation could not seem more hopeless. But imagine this: in universities across Israel, Palestinian graduate students from across the border work with Israeli graduate students side by side, day after day, year after year to solve the most pressing scientific, environmental and medical problems. These long-term, intense co-working experiences foster enduring relationships of respect, trust, professional interdependence and yes, even friendship. These students are Fellows of a unique nonprofit program, Science Training Encouraging Peace, or STEP.

On September 22, the Annisquam Village Church and Ahavat Achim synagogue will host Dr. Allen Taylor and Kim Kronenberg, Co-Directors of STEP, for an afternoon of conversation about STEP and how it brings Israelis and Palestinians together, even in times of crisis and extreme divisiveness.  Meet STEP Fellows, and hear their experiences living through the current war and having the courage, beyond all expectations, to promote cooperation and advance science. The presentation will take place at 3PM At the Annisquam Village Church 820 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA. A reception will follow. 

Gloucester Fire quickly knocked down an early morning boat fire on Rocky Neck Avenue. (Photo Courtesy Gloucester Fire Department) 

GLOUCESTER — Chief Eric Smith reports that the Gloucester Fire Department responded to and extinguished a boat fire early Thursday morning. 

On Thursday, at about 6:03 a.m., Gloucester Fire responded to Gloucester Marine Railways, 81 Rocky Neck Ave, for reports of a boat fire. 

The boat was docked at the time. 

Upon arrival, crews observed heavy smoke coming from a 50-foot vessel and immediately began an aggressive attack to limit the fire’s spread.  

The fire was knocked down at approximately 6:20 a.m. There were no reported injuries.  

A preliminary investigation suggests that the cause of the fire was electrical and remains under investigation by the Gloucester Fire Department.  

This aspirational bunny in the back yard is pretty inspiring. We have so many bunnies this year!

AUGUST 29, 2024 ~ THE CUT LIVE ~ 

80s Prom with Neon Wave – Neon Wave Band is New England’s number one 80s New Wave Tribute Band. The band dresses and sounds just like the popular 80s New Wave artists from top MTV videos. Wear your best 80s outfit or neon colors and get ready for a surprise during “Sunglasses at Night” that will have you glowing! Create new memories to unforgettable songs as you’re taken back to your favorite decade. Neon Wave brings an electrifying experience filled with high-energy talent and songs that you can dance to all night long! Get your tickets NOW! 

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40 foot elite boat ramps being shipped out to another customer!

Dress Whites…

The 2024 Bluefin Blowout check presentation to the Alzheimer’s Association was held last night at the Beauport Hotel. I only took one photo as I was hoping Nichole could make it in time as this is definitely her area! With the schooners gracing the background, a groundswell effort was made in the room to raise enough to bring the final tally to $500,000!!! AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL thanks to generous donations from the amazing group in attendance. So I believe this brings the total amount over the years to $2.2 MILLION!!! From our community. With your support. Thank you everyone. It’s not too late (or too early) if you want to make your own donation through Bluefin Blowout or directly to the Alzheimer’s Association. THANK YOU ALL. (**Nichole is so much better at this**)

We arrived on the dock for the Tuesday Schooner Challenge and were greeted by some recent acquaintances who took our advice to sail the Ardelle if they ever got the chance! We didn’t get to speak with them at the end since we were on separate vessels, but I hope Norma-Jean and her husband had a good time.

As you know, we have made an effort to participate in as many of these as we could over the summer and we figured this was the last regular Tuesday one, so off we went. The Ardelle passengers seemed to be mostly local folks along with a few visitors which was very nice to see. AJ, Elizabeth, Aaron and Harold did another great job getting us around the harbor with Lewis H. Story and Isabella. I hope this event continues next season. Great job by each of the interns all summer!