What is Joy Menagerie?
Joy Menagerie is a support system for community members to have successful educational, work, and life experiences through goal setting, skill development, mutual support, material assistance, and knowing fun. Joy Menagerie provides a space and resources for individuals to be more ready to do their own community and individual work. It’s a non-judgmental space for good people to figure out how to be even better.
Why Joy?
Joy creates wellness. Joy is resistance. Joy is reinvigorating. Joy is pure. Joy allows us to be our best selves.
Why Menagerie?
Because we are a “diverse collection of people” coming together to strengthen one another as we go out and do good in the world.
Right, but what do you actually do?
We support community through: Events, Food Distribution, and Coaching and Connecting.
Below are various writings related to our doings.
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Update about Dolly
It’s been a while since I’ve written a comprehensive piece of the community projects I’m working on. I have been sharing asks and updates across a variety of media streams– so you may not even be aware of some of these inter-connecting community projects. Here’s what’s going on in my world: Food Distribution May will…
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Food Distribution funds
Give in magnitudes of eggs: 15 dozen = $50, a month of eggs = $300 Venmo @dollyjoseph To give with PayPal, check or for a tax deduction please contact me. Christmas week we had a most glorious spending spree of shopping. We bought cases of sweet potatoes, potatoes, green beans, apples, onions, oranges… the fixings for…
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Thanksgiving Produce Order
Creasy greens, collards, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, bananas, oranges, eggs, onions, green peppers, apples This is the produce list for Thanksgiving for Ridge St and North Garden produce distribution sites. Makes me imagine all the seasonal casseroles that **I** love this time of year. We’re honored that our work has been recognized by the CNE as part…