Good Morning Gloucester

Operation Troop Support

“INDIVIDUAL SERVING SIZES” ARE GREAT FOR OUR TROOPS ON THE GO

Food Items:

Coffee / Tea / Sugar / Creamora, Granola bars / Nuts / Beef Jerky / Cereal / Cookies / Pretzels

Peanut butter – (don’t forget the Crackers!)

Tuna / Fruit / Soup, Powdered Drink Mixes, Sun Flower Seeds / Gum / Mints*PULL TABS ON CANNED ITEMS, PLEASE

Toiletries:

ALL ARE NEEDED!

**Especially Baby Wipes & Q-Tips**

Clothing:

SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS! Our Troops walk 10+ miles every day ~

Fresh, Clean Socks are a Luxury. Underwear ~ Boxers / Briefs / Ladies’ Panties, T-shirts

Recreational Time:

Cards and Letters from Home, Paperback Books / Magazines / Playing Cards, Crossword Puzzle Books / Word Find Books, Pens / Pencils / Notepads, DVD’s / CD’s, Portable DVD Players, Portable CD Players, Phone Cards

Small, Hand-held Electronic Games

~PLEASE REMEMBER OUR FEMALE SOLDIERS~

*DONATIONS TO HELP WITH MAILING COSTS AND TELEPHONE CARDS ARE APPRECIATED

We ask that you keep all Our Soldiers and Our Wounded Recovering in

Military Hospitals around the World in Your Thoughts and Prayers.

The hospitalized Warriors and their families need gift cards!!

Walmart, Kohl’s, Target, CVS, Walgreens

HOLIDAY DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEFORE DECEMBER 1^{ST .}WE MAIL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

PLEASE DELIVER YOUR DONATIONS TO:

LUCIA AMERO

OFFICE OF VETERANS’ SERVICES

(OFFICE) 12   EMERSON   AVENUE/ ( MAIL) CITY HALL/9 DALE AVENUE

GLOUCESTER, MA 01930

lamero@gloucester-ma.gov

TELEPHONE (978) 281-9740

Butternut Squash Across Gloucester on Food Day

Butternut Squash Across Gloucester on Food Day VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Happy Food Day, Gloucester!

Every Gloucester student from Kindergarten through 12th grade celebrated “real food, just food” this Friday, October 24 in a district-wide Food Day event. The event was coordinated by Backyard Growers, FoodCorps, Cape Ann Fresh Catch, and the amazing kitchen managers at each Gloucester school.

Food Day isn’t entirely new in Gloucester. Last year, FoodCorps service members serving with Backyard Growers and The Open Door organized a tasting of local butternut squash at Veterans Memorial Elementary School as part of this national event. This year, Backyard Growers has expanded its school garden programs to include every school in Gloucester, and decided to ramp up its Food Day programming as well.

Ken Bonfield’s Artistry of the Guitar

featuring Ryan Ayers & Shun Ng

Saturday, November 8, Concert 7:30 PM, Tickets $15 at the door

Fingerstyle Artistry Workshop at 3pm, $30 or $40 for workshop & concert

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester.

Gloucester MA— Gloucester resident, and master guitarist Ken Bonfield will host an Artistry of the Guitar in-the-round concert at The Cultural Center in Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester, MA on Saturday, November 8th with special guests Ryan Ayers and Shun Ng.  A Fingerstyle Artistry Workshop will be offered at 3pm for $30. The concert starts at 7:30pm and tickets are $15 at the door. For both events the cost is $40. Concert Doors open at 7pm; there will be light refreshments.  Each show will start with a short solo set from each artist followed by a short intermission and then a second set with all three guitarists in-the-round swapping songs and stories and sitting in on each others compositions.

Please visit the artist’s website for more information:

Ken Bronfield: http://kenbonfield.com/