
Over 30 people pitched in for a community work day at 4 King St on November 20th, 2010. One year and 8 months since the devastating fire, Stone Soup stays strong and is finally able to begin rebuilding. They begin with cleaning out debris from inside the basement and first two floors, as well as removing the stage, patching the sides of the porch and cleaning up the grounds.
The group left energized and even more steadfast about the decision to rebuild at 4 King St, as the clean-up revealed the structural strength and beautiful woodwork that remains in most of the building. The workday was also a great reminder of neighborhood connection Stone Soup has, as several neighbors came by to pitch in. One neighbor, Calvin Bradshaw, states “it’s so great to see the rebuilding getting ready to begin, it means a lot to the neighborhood.”
Photos by Gray Harrison of Worcester Earn-A-Bike and Tina Le from Toxic Soil Busters / Worcester Roots Project.
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Did you know that there is an all volunteer-run artist /
activist collective and community resource center in Main South called
S T O N E S O U P
at 4 King St, Worcester?
You probably did, but maybe you didn’t know this…
Download the latest Stone Soup Flyer
Download the Spanish Flyer here.
1 – There are rooms [...]
Please consider donating all or a portion of your “economic stimulus” rebate to Stone Soup, a new community center that is truly revitalizing Worcester’s inner city.
Help support our work for true community improvement:
1. Stone Soup members are creating worker and housing cooperatives to provide secure jobs and to prevent future home foreclosures.
2. Volunteer-based sustainability projects [...]
Download our new flyer with the open hours and goings-on at Stone Soup! Print one out and post it up in a public spot, help us get the word out.
DOWNLOAD THE FLYERS HERE
All these with no staff, no big funders, all volunteers and member groups chipping in, many generous individuals. Not a complete list, add your items as comments!
Stone Soup Accomplishments
First 5 Months
Renovations:
• Built a functional kitchen for Food Not Bombs and all the member groups “COOKs†(permitted, pro electrical and plumbing work)
• Opened up space [...]
The community center in Worcester, Stone Soup/Olla Popular, holds a kick-off celebration on January 27th, 2007 with the solidarity of several regional and international groups.
After several years of hard work, social movements and community groups finally have their own space. And it is permanent. And it is autonomous, communally controlled.
The night of the [...]
Stone Soup is up and running. Well we still have a lot of work to do to make the space work for all of our projects, But Earn a bike moved in on December 17th. Ex-prisioners and prisioners Organizing for Community Advacement (EPOCA) is busy making there office work for them. Food [...]
Please help us find this stuff for free!
OFFICE-STUFF
Business phone system
Folding tables
Conference table
Bookshelves
Phone and ethernet cables
LCD Projector
Folding chairs
Bulletin board
White boards/chalkboards
Magazine Racks
HOUSEHOLD-STUFF
Tool sets
Light fixtures (more efficient ones)
Curtains / blinds
Bathtub/shower
Couches/Armchairs/Futons (good shape only)
Refrigerator
Big pots
SPECIALIZED-STUFF
Commercial kitchen equipment (exhaust hood, big stove, sink, knife sets, big counter)
Photo equipment (enlargers, bins, etc.)
Wheel chair ramp
ADD YOUR IDEAS AS A COMMENT!