The Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s Sustainability Partnership and the Mattapoisett Congregational Church’s Just Peace Team will host “Stone Soup,” a robust and nourishing free community luncheon served in Reynard Hall at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street on Thursday, February 29, from 11:30 am to 1 pm.
From February 5 through the 25, the Partnership and the Just Peace Team will direct their energies toward food rescue. Here is how everyone can help: First, go through your cupboards and collect cans of soup or cans of vegetables that are near their expiration date. Second, bring those canned soups or canned vegetables to either 1, The Mattapoisett Congregational Church, enter the Mechanic Street door, Monday and Thursday, 9 am – 12 pm and place cans on a wooden table outside the kitchen, or 2, drop off canned items at the Mattapoisett COA, Monday-Friday, 8 am – 3 pm or 3, the Mattapoisett Library, Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 4 pm and Sunday 1 pm – 3:30 pm.
Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s Sustainability Partnership is committed to educating and practicing ways to cut down on food waste and promoting responsible use of the earth’s ecosystems and resources. Like a growing number of organizations and companies around the world, the Sustainability Partnership has voluntarily adopted and implemented a broad range of sustainability practices.
To attend the free soup luncheon on Thursday, February 29, from 11:30 am to 1 pm, please register online at tinyurl.com/m8sfud5r.
For more information, call the library at 508 758-4171 (option 2.)