Growing Community Announces Date for Harvest Potluck Supper

COOPERSTOWN—Growing Community once again invites residents from around the area to bring a potluck dish and pull up a chair to the community dining table at its 12th Annual Community Harvest Potluck Supper. The dining table will be set up on Main Street from Fair to River streets on Sunday, September 27 from 4-7 pm. The Stoddard Hollow String Band will be on hand to add to the festive harvest mood, and games for kids will be available on the library lawn, organizers said.

The Community Harvest Supper is BYOE—Bring Your Own Everything:

• A potluck dish to pass made, if possible, with local or homegrown ingredients in honor of the harvest season;
• Place settings for your family (reusable or compostable plates, cutlery, beverage cups);
• Beverages
• Camaraderie!

As in past years, Growing Community members strive to make this event as close to zero waste as possible, and ask attendees to bring reusable dishes, plates, cups, cutlery, etc. Any paper products should be uncoated so they can be added to the compost receptacles. Please note that disposable aluminum or plastic serving dishes and utensils can’t be recycled unless they are clean, so attendees should keep it in mind and take home any aluminum or plastic serving dishes to clean and dispose of properly.

According to a press release, Growing Community began organizing the Community Harvest Supper in 2011, thanks to a member of the community sharing her dream of a communal table on Main Street where all are welcome. No reservations—the event is free and open to all, with no politicking, no fundraising, and no tabling—just good food and conversation shared among friends and neighbors, old and new alike, coming together again as a community after the busy summer season. Attendees are reminded to dress for the weather.

“Growing Community is deeply grateful to the Village of Cooperstown, Mohican Farms for taking the compost, Cooperstown Central School for providing chairs, Friends of the Village Library for providing tables, Mohican Flowers and Art Farm Flowers as well as friends and neighbors for donating flowers, and so many other volunteers without whose cooperation and support the Harvest Supper would simply not be possible,” officials said in a press release.

Growing Community is always seeking volunteers to help with setup, decoration and breakdown—to volunteer, contact growingcommunity@yahoo.com.