✨🌈🌸🌟 PHOENIX WEB SUMMER NEWSLETTER 🌟🌸🌈✨
Crazy summer heat is breaking, but things are heating up at Phoenix Web ~ we've got a bunch of workshops coming up, some great news about the Community Fridge, and shout-outs to our community partners!
MAKERSPACE EVENTS COMING UP
HULA HOOPING WITH DASH
August 4, 12:30 pm
Learn hula hooping basics and tricks with an experienced "hula hoopist"!
Hula hoops provided - take yours home to continue practicing!
Ages 4 and up
https://www.phoenixwebcollective.com/events/tie-dye-workshop-364pd
TIE DYING STUDIO
August 5, 12:30 pm
Learn basic tie dying and leave with a custom-dyed shirt (will need to be washed and dried after 24hrs at home)
All materials included
Ages 10 and up
https://www.phoenixwebcollective.com/events/tie-dye-workshop
INSECT CATCHING, ID, AND RELEASE WITH DILLON
August 12 , 2:00 pm
Get a primer on insect biology and techniques for identifying small insect friends
Bug nets and hand lens provided
Ages 4 and up
https://www.phoenixwebcollective.com/events/tie-dye-workshop-364pd-dwlk6
FAIRY TIARA MAKING
August 19, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Beginner wire wrapping workshop for all local fairies
all materials included
Ages 12 and up
https://www.phoenixwebcollective.com/events/tie-dye-workshop-364pd-dwlk6-2ll93
All workshops have a suggested (but not required) donation of $10-$20
WORKSHOPS COMING SOON:
FANTASY LANDSCAPE PAINTING
PAPER MAKING
GARDENING
SONG WRITING
... and more to be announced!
If you'd like to host a workshop or skill share, please reach out!
Our workshop hosts are PAID, thanks to a generous grant from the Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health
https://www.hvfyh.org/
TURTLE JAM 2023
August 26, 12:00 pm - 9:00pm
Rip Van Winkle Lake, Tannersville
27 Lake Rd, Tannersville, NY 12485
We are vending at this year's Turtle Jam!! Come check out this awesome community fundraiser supporting local high school scholarships and nonprofits!
https://www.facebook.com/turtlejamny/
COMMUNITY FRIDGE UPDATES
Have you checked out the Hunter 24/7 Community Fridge yet? This year has brought some really incredible new partnerships with local restaurants and food vendors, who are doing great work restocking the fridge multiple times a week. We could use some volunteer help picking up the food and bringing it to the fridge - please reach out if you have a car and can help with pickups!
Please show these businesses some love, and let them know you appreciate their kindness! Thank you to:
MEREDITH'S BREAD, 415 Route 28 Kingston, NY 12401 https://www.meredithsbread.com
BRANDYWINE RESTAURANT, 11157 RT-23 Windham, NY 12496 http://brandywinewindham.com/
MOSSY STONE FARMS, 4068 Route 10 Prattsville, NY 12468 https://www.mossystonefarm.com
PANTRY ON MAIN, 6022 Main St Tannersville, NY 12485 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089852672983
MAIN STREET MARKET, 5344 State Route 23, Windham, NY,12496 https://www.instagram.com/windhammainstreetmarket/
WINDHAM FOOD PANTRY, http://hoperestorationchurch.net/windham-community-food-pantry/
M&J'S BAGELS, 7740 Main St, Hunter, NY 12442
As always, the community fridge is located behind the firehouse/ theater off of 23A in Hunter, in the garage. It has a side entrance facing the library's back yard. The door is never locked! There is an industrial fridge for fresh food & shelves for non-perishables. 24 hrs. Donate or take food.
The Hunter Community Fridge is brought to you by the Phoenix Web, Catskill Mountain Foundation, and Kaaterskill and East Jewett United Methodist Churches.
FREE STORE NEWS AND SHOUT-OUTS
BARD COLLEGE
This past May we got in touch with Bard College's Office of Sustainability. Each year around this time their students move out of the dorms for summer break - and leave behind tons of usable goods that in the past have been thrown out. The Phoenix Web crew showed up, helped the Bard student workers collect and organize donations, and we left with a stacked truck and two additional car loads of clothing and miscellaneous other small items for the free store - that is a stacked truck and 2 car loads of stuff that avoided landfills and instead was reused!
HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE CSD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
For the duration of their summer program, students from HTC have been committing an hour a week to help organize the free store, as part of their community service efforts. The shop has never looked better thanks to them!
ABOUT US
Our mission is to combat poverty and prevent unnecessary waste from entering landfills by collecting, redistributing, and repurposing used goods for free, while providing a safe space for positive community engagement and the pursuit of creative endeavors.
Free store - The Really Really Free Mart is exactly as straight-forward as it sounds: volunteers collect, organize, and display donated home goods and clothing like you would see in any thrift store. But here, no one will bat an eye when you walk out without paying - although the shop appreciates a “pay-what-you-can” contribution if you can afford it. Those modest gifts constitute Phoenix Web’s primary income source, and keep the shop running.
Art shop - Phoenix Web showcases the work of local makers in the Artist Shop section of the store. On display is handmade jewelry, pottery, cat ear hoods, knitwear, teas, paintings, sculptures, and more. In order to support struggling artists, the shop does not take a commission and artists receive 100% of the sale price of their goods. Here you can also find upcycled, staff-produced merchandise, whose proceeds benefit Phoenix Web.
Makerspace - Inside the shop you’ll also find a small Makerspace, where patrons are encouraged to find items in the Free Mart to upcycle, or use the copious available art supplies to make something new. Any textiles which are no longer wearable or usable are sold to a local recycling company.
Off-site, you will find two additional Phoenix Web projects: the 24/7-accessible Hunter Community Fridge (in cooperation with the Kaaterskill Methodist Churches and Catskill Foundation), and the organic Community Garden (thanks to the Catskill Foundation).
The shop, located at 7947 Main Street in Hunter, is open Thursday through Sunday. Everyone is welcome regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, class, or need.
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Thursdays: 12 pm - 4 pm
Fridays: 12 pm - 6 pm
Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm
Sundays: 12 pm - 6 pm
We are 100% volunteer-run. Please help support our work by making a donation today using one of the services below:
venmo: phoenix-web friend code: 5101
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8ZGGQ4TJURF4Y
Or make a check out to "Phoenix Web" and mail to 7947 Main St, Hunter, NY 12442
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, all donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!