Thanksgiving Fixins’

Thanksgiving Fixins’

Halloween is still a few days away (or depending on when you are reading this, you may already be enjoying the candy), but our sights are set on Thanksgiving. Chester Eastside will be preparing 250 boxes with all the fixins’ – turkey, gravy, potatoes (white and...
Look Who We Found in the Garden

Look Who We Found in the Garden

The Chester Eastside – St. Paul’s Community Garden is more than a place to grow fruits and veggies. In early August we found three little fluff balls, eyes still shut, nestled in the wheelbarrow. An orange feral cat lingered nearby. She kept her eye on her kittens,...
Everybody Back on the Food Train

Everybody Back on the Food Train

Summer is always a difficult time for food donations (this year was harder than normal); at the same time, the number of folks served regularly through the Food Pantry continues to increase. Now that it’s fall and our thoughts have returned from the shore (or the...
Oodles of School Supplies

Oodles of School Supplies

Chester Eastside has become backpack central, with bookbags, spiral notebooks, Trapper Keepers, pens, pencils, markers. Many thanks to the local churches and businesses that collected and delivered them – you help our children start the school year ready to...