Dear MAFA community!
Join us tonight, Thursday, December 7th, for our Let’s Trade Kentucky Potluck Social!
Please bring business cards, pamphlets or a brief write-up about anything you have to offer or are looking for. We will have tables available to share information.
We will be re-focusing on the networking element of the potluck night, so please be thinking about any needs you might like to announce.
Save the date for our 3rd Thursday meeting on December 21st when Gretchen Wahlstedt will present on NVC.
If you have ideas for guest presenters, please email Kathy at KathyGornik2@gmail.com.
Food pickups: On non-meeting nights, Newton’s Attic will remain open for Food Club order pickups until at least 7:00 p.m. Text Dawn at 859-492-8511 if you need to pick up at a time other than Thursdays before 7:00 p.m.
December 21st Presenter
The wonderful Gretchen Shaffer Wahlstedt has agreed to present on Non-Violent Communication (NVC) during our December 21st meeting, just in time for the holidays! If you are not familiar with this wonderful concept, learn more about why you shouldn’t miss this!
Thanks so much for your support during the Good Giving Challenge! You did it! Thanks to you, Newton’s Attic . . .
• Surpassed our $15K goal, raising over $16,500, which includes the $1,000 Fast Break Challenge prize and a generous $2,500 match from the Daren and Kirsten Turner Foundation but does not include other matching funds from your well-timed donations, which are in the process of being calculated by BGCF
• Won a $2,500 prize for our endowment based on getting $25 (or greater) donations from more than 60 unique donors in a 12 hour period during the Challenge
• Received 133 donations from 109 unique donors
• Ranked 23 of 196 organizations in number of unique donations received
• Ranked 43 of 196 organizations in total dollars raised
Why it matters: At Newton’s Attic, we are working to make the world a better place by creating an environment of extreme engagement where students learn skills to create better lives for themselves, their families, and their fellow citizens. We live in a technology-dependent world, and we need people who know how to do things! STEM professionals and those with strong STEM skills can do meaningful, interesting, well-paying work and make life better for themselves and for the rest of us. We hope you agree that our work and your support of it are worthwhile investments in the future of humanity!
Please note that heartfelt thanks come from us, but your tax donation receipt came from no-reply@bgcf.org at the time of your donation. Please let us know if you need us to reissue it at any point.
You are invited: We also hope that you can drop in on Saturday, December 30th anytime between 12:00 and 4:00 to say hello during our informal Open House to mark the 25th anniversary of Bill Cloyd’s founding of Newton’s Attic. Bill, Dawn, Keith, Kathy, Sky and Trish will be here for the duration. We also hope to have some other fun, familiar faces around.
This is a casual event, and our priority is to reconnect with families, staff, and volunteers whom we have met over the years . . . but, we will also have some fun games (including Newton’s Attic lore trivia), food, prizes, and maybe a few surprises.
To better plan for food and staffing, we would appreciate an RSVP, but if you are unable to commit, please drop in anyway!
Special Bid Opportunity, Supporting New Cause
Please take a look at the Greer Photography Gift Basket Brochure for a very special photo session from Greer Photography! This $1,000 photo experience certificate, donated as an auction item during the Beans Cafe/Tom Renz, has now been generously repurposed to support the Newton’s Attic 25th Anniversary Open House. Thank you, Leeann!
Support a Worthy Cause
MAFA member Trish Preece would appreciate your support with this project that will benefit her son’s Civil Air Patrol squadron. Trish is invaluable to MAFA and to Newton’s Attic. We appreciate her! CLICK HERE
Welcome to the Kentucky Food Independence Club!
Kentucky agriculture remains the foundation of our culture: raising/growing nutrient dense food for home and/or market, maintaining strong family ties, respect for property, and a strong work ethic.
Our Mission is to connect Kentucky’s “real food” farmers to educated consumers. Real health begins with clean food and a clean planet. As more and more of us wake up to this fact, we see an increase in consumers wanting to leave behind unhealthy practices and jump in with local "real food" farmers!
What’s a real food farmer? By “real food”, we mean NUTRIENT DENSE food raised and/or grown as close to the earth and as naturally as possible.
Real food farming practices include:
• non-GMO or organic feed -- hopefully soy-free and corn-free when financially feasible.
• pastured livestock on unsprayed fields
• grass-fed cattle - GRASS-FINISHED IS AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED as long as the supplemental grain is non-GMO or organic, and the cattle continue to live on pasture with the sun shining on their backs
• pastured milk cows - supplemented with non-GMO or organic SOY-FREE grains while milking to keep the cows happy and standing still
• unsprayed hay
• organic gardening practices (you do not need to be certified organic but just farm organically)
• regenerative soil practices
The KY Food Independence Club (KFIC) is a private membership food buying club featuring healthy food provided by Ky farmers. It’s like an online grocery only all the food is REAL & healthy. Nutrient dense foods like…
• farm fresh milk & dairy products
• goat’s milk when available
• pastured eggs & chicken
• grass-fed, pastured meats
• organic baked goods
• local honey
• organic sourdough bread
• organic* fruits & veggies when available locally
• all feed non-GMO or organic
• prepared foods all using organic/non-GMO ingredients & cultures
*organic means either USDA certified organic or grown/raised using organic practices. You do not need to be certified organic, just use organic practices.
HOW THE CLUB WORKS
Members order online and pick up their food once a week at their closest drop location. Orders are due on Mondays by 3pm.
Deliveries are as follows:
-- Winchester and Newton's Attic are delivered Thursdays by 2 pm.
-- Morehead is at 9 am on Fridays.
-- Robert's Health Food delivery is Fridays by 2pm.
-- HOLIDAY weeks will often need to be delivered on different days TBD :)
Costs To Join
There is a $59 annual membership fee (which breaks down to $5/month) as well as a $75 inventory deposit which is returned to you if you leave the club.
If your orders regularly exceed $75, then the inventory deposit will need to be increased. This is so that its clear that the club buys a member's food with the member's money rather than the club buying and re-selling food.
If there is financial need, please contact me and we'll work it out. We want you in the club -- everyone deserves clean food! I can't do anything about the inventory deposit but you can earn the annual membership fee by working with me a couple of days doing delivery!
Here's how to join:
1. Fill out the questionnaire at www.farmmatch.com/kfic
2. I approve that and you get a text letting you know.
3. Then you log back in, sign the Membership Contract and pay the $59 annual membership. You can pay the inventory deposit once you are a member, you'll see that in the catalog.
4. Then you can order!!!
Don't hesitate to ask any questions. Text is best at 859-550-3862 or email sallyoh@pm.me :)
PS. Don't hesitate to share this site with your friends: https://www.farmmatch.com/kfic On the questionnaire, there's a place to write in who referred you -- please be sure to let us know so your referrer get a $5 credit when you become a member :)
Non-meeting Thursdays
Newton’s Attic will remain available other (non 1st & 3rd) Thursday evenings to anyone who wishes to gather or host a special purpose meeting. Regardless of meetings, Newton’s Attic will also remain open until at least 7:00 p.m. for Kentucky Food Independence Club (KFIC) pickups. If you would like to use Newton’s Attic on a non-MAFA meeting Thursdays or any other day, or if you would like to pick up your food order at a time other than Thursdays before 7:00 p.m., please text Dawn at 859-492-8511.