{fundraiser for the farms} Gift Basket Winners

Soooo… you guys ROCK! You raised a total of $1829.20 for Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family Farm. A-mazing. Below please find the winners of the glorious gift baskets. THE FINE PRINT: If you have won PLEASE contact me within ONE WEEK to claim your prize: email me (Christina) at fromscratchclub (at) gmail (dot) com. We…

{fundraiser for amanda} Gift Basket Winners

{Amanda waving during the first leg of the Mohawk Hudson Marathon 2010} So, here we are: gift basket winner announcement time! (EXCITING!!!) Over $500 was raised for Amanda and her family. Is Thank you thank you thank you enough…. nah, that’s why we have gift baskets to giveaway! WOOT! The fine print. It will take…

{fundraisers} YOU ARE AMAZING!

You! and You! and You and You and You! We did it! Are you ready for the grand total……are you sitting down? Drumroll…fireworks…doves released from a cage…maybe military planes flying overhead? Nah, too much. Anyways, after Paypal took its cut we raised a total of $2340.96 for FSC Contributor Amanda, Denison Farm & Kilpatrick Family…

{events} Kate Payne Visits the Farm

EDITOR’S NOTE: Author, blogger and From Scratch Club’s inspirational springboard, Kate Payne, was in town last Wednesday and Thursday for a handful of book tour events. We will be recapping these events over the weekend, but first up, Erika will share a special {FSC Field Trip} to Kilpatrick Family Farm she organized. The FSC ladies…

{fundraiser} For Amanda

Amanda waving while running her first marathon: Mohawk Hudson Marathon, 10.10.10. From our intro-fundraiser post: “Our first fundraiser is for one of the founding contributors and one of my oldest friends, Amanda. In some horrible twist of fate, during the first hours of the storm a fire began in their hot water heater and swept…

{August 28th} the day that changed lives.

Sunday, August 28th, 2011. Irene came to upstate NY as a Tropic Storm and left her mark. A gigantic mark. I’m not sure we even know how big a mark as everyday, updated news comes across the wire and there is more & more devastation. Roads, sidewalks, trees, electric poles, street lights, covered bridges, foot…