Most of the chickens in Quinn’s coops just started laying their eggs and once all her chickens have laid eggs, they will probably be looking at 30 dozen eggs a week that she will be able to donate, according to Jillian. It all supports the program and ensures its continued success.” We are truly grateful for donations of any type, be it time, money, or food. Everything from eggs used for quiche, kale used in soup, or fresh produce used for salads or sides, it’s all a bigger help than many realize. Our head chef can use anything at all, and nothing is ever wasted. Any food received is used in the preparation of the meals. Langlois added, “Donations of food from community members is very welcomed and appreciated.
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Quinn wrote that she wanted to be able to give people food and decided to make the written assignment a real life possibility.Īfter discussing the idea with her mother, they decided that they could expand the flock of chickens they already had with the intention of donating all the eggs.Ĭurrently all the eggs are going to the Meals on Wheels program at the Belchertown Senior Center.Īccording to Belchertown Senior Center Director Jessica Langlois, meals are cooked fresh in-house daily and offered in the dining room to about 30 older adults and via four delivery drivers to approximately 100 residents. Day that ask students the question of how they can change the world or how can they make it a better place? The idea to give back all came from a school project for Martin Luther King Jr. “We have a couple of kid farmers just trying to help out the community,” Jillian Fafard, Quinn and Owen’s mother, said. Quinn and Owen Fafard made their first delivery of lettuce, yellow squash and a couple dozen eggs to the Senior Center on July 1.
BELCHERTOWN - Two young kids in Belchertown have already started in the world of business of community service after getting the idea from a school project.įor the last four or five months, Quinn and Owen Fafard who are 6 and 9 years old at the time of publication, have raised chicks, set up five chicken coups and hundreds of square feet of gardens in their parents’ backyard to give the produce back to the community.
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