February 2024 Member of the Month: Suzanne Reed

ABOUT OUR MEMBER OF THE MONTH Full name: Suzanne Reed Pronouns: She/her Biography: I am the newly hired Curator for the Giustina Gallery at Oregon State University and Event Coordinator for University Events at OSU. I just made the move to Corvallis, but I’ve...

January 2024 Member of the Month: Jessica Ferguson

ABOUT OUR MEMBER OF THE MONTH Full name: Jessica Ferguson Pronouns: she/her Biography: I’ve lived in Eugene most of my life. I live with my husband of almost 20 years, our two elementary-aged kids, and two doggos. I enjoy my job at the local high school as an...
For Sarah By The Way

For Sarah By The Way

By Colleen Bauman(Written during blueberry season.)I’m enjoying being a Gleaner. Besides my once a month volunteer job picking up and delivering bread from a local bakery for the Gleaner family, I go on the occasional glean in the fields. Yesterday, it was...
Gratitude & Gleaning

Gratitude & Gleaning

In 2019, Qynne McKibben, Julia McAloon, and the founder of Eugene Area Gleaners, Brandy Collier, tabled at the “Nature of Gratitude” gathering at Tsunami Bookstore. Brandy was invited onstage to speak for a few minutes. This is a sliver of Brandy’s...

What to do with Hot Dog Buns!

At our bread drops, sometimes we get a lot of hot dog buns. This week in particular, I filled up my entire Dodge Grand Caravan with Hot Dog Buns (I wish I had taken a picture). Many folks may overlook hot dog buns as a choice to pick up from the bread drop sites...