March 2024 Member of the Month: Kelly Froats

Mar 29, 2024 | Member of the Month

ABOUT OUR MEMBER OF THE MONTH Full name: Kelly Froats Pronouns: she/her Biography: I grew up on the Oregon coast where most of my family still lives. I moved to the valley with my two young sons to finish college about 15 years ago. I got my Bachelors in Planning,...

January 2024 Member of the Month: Jessica Ferguson

Jan 28, 2024 | Member of the Month

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

Oct 27, 2023 | Gleaning

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

Sep 29, 2023 | 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!

Jul 18, 2020 | Bread

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...