Letter from Growing Community

Harvest Supper: It Takes a Village

On Sunday, September 28, we celebrated the 11th Cooperstown Growing Community Harvest Supper! What a wonderful gathering of our community.

Thank you to all the people who helped to make the evening so special. Special thanks to the Village of Cooperstown for all their support; the Cooperstown Fire Department and Police Department for bringing equipment and closing the road; the Friends of the Village Library who loaned the tables; to the Cooperstown School District for loaning the chairs, and Keith Parr for and the Lions Club members who moved them.

Thank you to Ashley-Connor Realty for sponsoring the posters; “The Freeman’s Journal” for spreading the word; the Clark Estates and all of the neighbors on Main Street who let us run the tables down the street for the day; to Mohican Farm for collecting recycling and compost; Alex Webster for photographs; MJ Harris for tablecloth paper; and to Mohican Flowers, Art Farm, and all the individuals who donated flowers.

Thank you to the Stoddard Hollow String Band for cheerfully setting a festive mood throughout the supper; the Alden, Brown, and Whyte families, who brought games for kids to share; and a very special thank you to all the kids and friends who helped roll out paper, set chairs, and arrange flowers to make it all so beautiful.

It is always a delight to see our community having a long-tabled meal together and to see so many kids enjoying hopscotch, hoops, bubbles, soccer, chalks, and good fun.

Mark your calendars (the last Sunday of September, September 27, 2026) for the next one.

See you next year.

The Growing Community team: Holly Fanion, Normandy Alden, Molly Whyte, Kristen Griger, MJ Harris, Karen Katz, Dana Leonard, Anna Meyerhoff, Kristen Leonard, Virginia Kennedy, Lynne Mebust, Maureen Murray, Rebecca Weil and Ellen Pope