If you have bountiful fruit trees in your yard, and fret over all the wasted produce, Fruitanthropy will help. Fruitanthropy sends out volunteer harvesting teams to pick the excess fruit and vegetables, donating 100% of it to local food pantries. Fruitanthropy's mission is to reconnect our community with the abundance of food already present in…
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We are interested in harvesting your wonderful recipes and sacred ingredients for savory or sweet family favorite meals. We'll be making a NSW family cookbook to offer for sale at a fundraiser coming soon. If you have a wonderful recipe that you adore – simple or extravagant, sweet or savory – send it via email…
Pumpkin Raffle Friday by popular demand
Because children from the Daisies have been out this week, we're waiting for their input before unveiling their pumpkin. Here are the other flower groups creations. The raffle will be held after the parade on Friday 10/30 so everyone can get their raffle tickets in. the Sunflower pumpkin "cyclopse" Morning Glory pumpkin "clown" Dandelion Pumpkin …
PUMPKIN RAFFLE TOMORROW!!
GIANT PUMPKIN RAFFLE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW (Tuesday, 10/26/09)! Hurry and place your raffle tickets in the raffle cauldrons TODAY, so you don't miss out! And don't forget to drop off your payment and excess tickets (eventually) with Kris. Raffle tickets are $5/single ticket and $20/five tickets. Buying raffle tickets takes 3 easy steps: 1) Fill…
[Flickr] NSW photostream wants you to see something
[Flickr] NSW photostream wants you to see something Pumpkins by flower group http://flickr.com/gp/nsw_photostream/6Sf78a About the set 4 items | 0 views for a raffle, the children are decorating pumpkins in each flower group. (By the way, if the set link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it from this email into your browser’s address bar.)…
PUMPKIN CARVING – Photo Set – 10/21/09
IMG_4107, originally uploaded by NSW photostream. Click the photo above to view photos of the children sculpting pumpkins!
It’s Monday
Oh, no it's not. It's already late on Thursday! Whew! Lots of happenings this week with parent and teacher tours, photos with Duane, and pumpkin decorating. And have you seen those giant pumpkins in the middle courtyard?! There are even more in the classrooms and it's amazing to think that they were grown in Josie's…
Interactive Workshop at NSW
Join us at The New School-West on November 4th from 6:00 to 9:00 to learn how to make natural dyes with Ilaan Mazzinni (Marcello's mom in the East Wing). We'll work hand in hand with flowers, fruits and vegetation to create beautiful dyes and use them in our own masterpieces. The teachers will then incorporate…
Reminder – Coffee With Roleen, MON 10/26
Just a reminder to everyone who signed up for Coffee with Roleen that the meeting is coming up this Monday (10/26) from 9:30-11:30am. We'll have nibbles and drinks and lots of conversation around interesting child development topics! The address and directions are below. Home of Jacob Wexler & Sari Yoshioka (Hanami, WW) 2327 Glyndon…
GIANT PUMPKIN Raffle Update
Our GIANT PUMPKIN Raffle Has GROWN Seven lucky raffle winners will now receive 2 pumpkins, a normal sized one creatively designed by the children at New School West, AND one fresh-picked GIANT PUMPKIN (weighing from 50 to 75 lbs). Each of the seven flower groups at NSW are working hard on their pumpkin projects; their…