Today is the anniversary of Martin’s transformation into a takeout only soup kitchen in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. At that time, of course, we never dreamed that we would still be reduced to the same skeleton crew serving bag lunches at the front gate…
Our holiday meal was a huge success and we had so many beautiful cupcakes to share with our guests. Thank you to everyone who was able make homemade cupcakes for us to share! Here are some photos we took before they were all gone.
Dear Martin’s family, Last month’s pie drop-off was a massive success! Dozens of volunteers participated and were happy for the chance to mingle with other Martin’s friends. We received 100+ homemade pies and hundreds of books for our free library. We served 265 delicious Thanksgiving…
Dear Martin’s family, On March 18, 2020, the core group at Martins, subsequently dubbed The Pandemics, reluctantly made the decision to temporarily discontinue both allowing indoor seating for our guests and accepting outside assistance from our many dedicated volunteers. At the time, of course, no…
As you all know the holidays are approaching and a very different holiday season it will be this year. We will miss the giant celebration that is our annual Thanksgiving meal, due to the pandemic. We will miss our volunteers and we will miss serving…
In all the uncertainty and tension of these times, here at Martins there is one thing that never fails, the guests continue to show up and we continue to offer them a lovingly home-cooked meal and whatever comfort being welcomed and greeted warmly can bring.…
Hello to all volunteers from the Pandemic 7! “The seven” enjoyed a restful August break and here we are headed into fall and there appears to be no possibility of significant change in the way that Martins serves our guests during this Pandemic. We continue…
Hello fellow Martin’s volunteers, Another 40 days have passed since we gave you our last update. As far as the service that we core members are providing, approximately 200 bag lunches per day handed out at the gate, nothing has changed. However, as you all…
This Saturday Martins will reach the 40th day of serving only bagged meals. 40 days is the medieval limit of quarantine, however, we will continue to serve this way until we feel that the safety of our guests and volunteers will not be compromised by…
Hello fellow Martin’s volunteers! We are holding down the fort here and thought you might like an update on what we are doing and how our guests are faring at this time. We are serving food bags out the front gate 7 days a week.…
