It’s been a busy Fall here at ‘Spoonfuls! On October 15th, MYERS+CHANG restaurant hosted our official launch event…we raised $30k to kick off our capital fundraising campaign!! Our gracious hosts Christopher Myers & Joanne Chang were joined by Ming Tsai (fresh from The Next Iron Chef), the fellas from Island Creek Oysters (while Island Creek Oyster Bar was opening that same night!!), Jamie Bissonette (Toro, Coppa) and helped make the evening an unbelievable moment for Lovin’ Spoonfuls. Mayor Thomas Menino also attended, and said that ‘Spoonfuls was a “welcome addition to the city of Boston”. Wow! We’re proud to serve this great city!
Jamie Bissonette, Ashley Stanley, Mayor Menino, Joanne Chang & Ming Tsai
Haulmaster Ben Delfiner & Founder Ashley Stanley
Hosts & Board Members Christopher Myers & Joanne Chang
Founder & Executive Director Ashley Stanley
The evening was filled with amazing food, fantastic enthusiasm for the Lovin’ Spoonfuls’ mission-and among the silent auction items up for grabs was a private pastry lesson with Joanne Chang, who just released the most popular baking book on the shelves right now..straight from her beloved bakery FLOUR. Buy it here! Flour: Spectacular recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery+Cafe
Mayor Menino & Paula Price, CEO of Stop & Shop Supermarkets
Christopher Myers, Joanne Chang and Top Chef's Tiffani Faison
Among the other things being auctioned off was an OysterFarm tour of Duxbury Bay from Island Creek Oysters, Dim Sum for 10 people WITH Christopher & Joanne, and a Four-Course Chef’s tasting WITH paired wines from Ming Tsai at Blue Ginger. What a night!
Stop & Shop Supermarkets retained Lovin’ Spoonfuls to recover an estimated 500,000 lbs of fresh produce, lean proteins and whole grains- CEO Paula Price and Mayor Menino talk about food recovery below:
Thanks, Boston- for welcoming our little organization with such warmth and appreciation… back on the road we go!
The very next day, OCTOBER 16th was WORLD HUNGER DAY! To celebrate, we teamed up with WHOLE FOODS in Legacy Place for our first ever PRODUCE DRIVE! It was an awesome day, people were so willing to participate! As we were weighing the day’s ‘haul’, the scale broke!! Last count was over 2500 lbs of carrots, potatoes, squash, apples, onions, peppers and other great foodstuffs from WF. Thanks to all who participated!! AND, we were able to raffle off gift certificates to awesome restaurants who support Lovin’ Spoonfuls!! Huge thanks to Lineage, Eastern Standard, Legal Sea Foods, Aquitaine, Gaslight Brasserie, Union Bar & Grille, Qdoba, b.good and of course, Whole Foods Legacy Place. The surprise of the day came when Ashley was presented with a commendation from the House of Representatives. Paul McMurtry, the House Rep. from Dedham was on hand to recognize Lovin’ Spoonfuls! All in all, it was such a fun day -we had great volunteers, and Whole Foods did a great job letting people know how they can help us feed hungry folks! Check it out!
 Ready to Roll! |
 Awesome volunteers with Ashley, Ben & House Rep. Paul McMurtry |
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 Look at all this awesome stuff! Everyone should have access to fresh healthy food! |
 There is enough food out there-let’s go get it! |
 Heeeere’s Ben! The smile on his face says it all… |
 Rep. McMurtry presents Ashley & Lovin’ Spoonfuls with a commendation from the House of Representatives |
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Thank you to our friends at Whole Foods, Yard House, the team at Legacy Place and all our volunteers for making our efforts onWorld Hunger Day count!
On November 3rd, Robinson & Cole in Boston hosted an evening with Joanne Chang at the Union Club. Lovin’ Spoonfuls was lucky enough to be the charity of choice for this networking event – guests received copies of Joanne’s new cookbook with a donation to ‘Spoonfuls! Joanne graciously signed books, and participated in a warm & funny dialogue about women in business. Over $4000 was raised for ‘Spoonfuls! Our thanks to Robinson & Cole and Joanne for being such wonderful supporters of our mission!
