The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries is an interfaith service that provides food and fellowship to those in need and educates our community on hunger and poverty.Our Old Saybrook Meal Site
Meal site location: Wednesdays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church, 336 Main Street, Old Saybrook
Five teams of volunteers cook and prepare meals in the Grace Church kitchen. After everyone is served, guests are able to take home leftovers. Approximately 175 meals are served each month.
Members of Old Saybrook's YFS Hunger Awareness Camp served lunch to our guests on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 as part of their week of service and learning with SSKP.
Here is a snapshot of one of several Old Saybrook meal site teams:
The Grace Church Team of Old Saybrook serving lunch on July 2nd, 2014. (l-r) Teri Sokolowski, Jackie Phyfe, Marguerite Noyes, Ellie Sola and Tom Bresnahan. Not pictured, Mike LeConche.
Date of Visit: July 2nd, 2014
Meal Time: Lunch from 12 noon to 1:00 PM
Today’s Team: Grace Church Team of Old Saybrook
When: First Wednesday of the Month
A Bit of “Site History”: From 1990 - 1995 there was a much smaller kitchen, and only 2 or 3 guest tables, with a lunch
that focused on salads and sandwiches. In 2000 the space was completely renovated, with the wonderful large industrial kitchen
currently in use, with many long guest tables in the dining area.
Special Meal: Every fall this Team cooks a special Oktoberfest meal with knockwurst, homemade red cabbage, homemade
sauerkraut, German potato salad, apple sauce and Black Forest Cake!
Team Highlights: Everyone has a special job that makes things run smoothly. On most days Eileen (who was away today)
comes to do all the dishwashing. (In fact Eileen does this for all 4 Grace Teams!!) Mike mans the dessert table while Jackie focuses
on setting the tables and making the dining room look welcoming. Today’s cooks, Teri and Tom, came in early to make sure all
the food was cooked and ready, and Ellie and Marguerite helped serve, welcome and clean up. Gunlog Millet, who also cooks and
plans meals for this Team, was away today, but will be back very soon.
The Menu: This meal featured ziti with Italian sauce and meatballs, a green garden salad, a cucumber salad, a fresh fruit salad,
and toasted garlic bread, with iced tea, lemonade and a wide assortment of cakes.
Something Special: Throughout the meal guests were treated to lovely classical piano playing by Julia Bjornberg. At the end
of the meal all the guests were able to take home freshly picked heads of lettuce, kale and swiss chard from the Common
Good Gardens.
Directions to Old Saybrook Meal Site
From the east:
- Take I-95 South to Exit 68.
- At Exit 68, take ramp right for US-1 toward Old Saybrook.
- Keep straight onto US-1 South.
- Turn left to stay on US-1/SR-154/Boston Post Road.
- Turn left onto SR-154/Main Street.
- Arrive at 336 Main Street.
From the west:
- Take I-95 North to Exit 67.
- At Exit 67, take ramp right for SR-154 South toward Old Saybrook.
- Keep straight onto SR-154/Middlesex Turnpike.
- Keep straight onto US-1/SR-154/Boston Post Road.
- Turn left onto SR-154/Main Street.
- Arrive at 336 Main Street.
From the north:
- Take Route 9 South to Exit 2.
- Depart ramp right toward Old Saybrook/Middlesex Turnpike.
- Turn left onto Essex Road. Bear left onto Springbrook Extension.
- Turn left onto SR-154/Middlesex Turnpike.
- Keep straight onto US-1/SR-154/Boston Post Road.
- Turn left onto SR-154/Main Street.
- Arrive at 336 Main Street.