11/03/2026
It's Turkey Time, party people!!
Happy November everyone! I know I've said it before, but I absolutely love the Fall and I love this time of year! Gratitude is the reason for the season, and my whole heart is overflowing with gratitude for our farmers, our customers, and the generosity that this community shows up with every single day. I am so grateful to be entering November together, with an abundant harvest & readiness for the giving season. Thank you to everyone for making People's Provisions a part of your local food system -- we are honored to serve you!!!
At the end of September, I wrote to everyone about the deficit in our pay-it-forward fund, and our community showed up so generously to help us fill it back up! We had an incredible 1st Play-it-Forward Concert with Aaron Boyd, sold out of our first batch of "Giving Season" Candles from Little Fox Candle Co., and received generous contributions through our website, in the mail, and at the register. I am so thrilled to share, that in the month of October, we have added $5,069.24 to the pay-it-forward fund. Thank you doesn't even begin to describe it! We have significantly replenished our fund, which distributes food to families in Perry County facing Food insecurity. As of October 31st, we have raised $12,377.90 towards the pay-it-forward fund in 2026, and have distributed $17,375.00. If we can raise another $5000 in November, we will be that much closer to filling the gap! Thank you to everyone for their significant contributions, their little bits of good, and for helping us spread the word and share this food with our people. Once again, it is an absolute honor to do this work for our community. Thank you for trusting us & for making this possible.
Another amazing opportunity we have had since the beginning of the school year, has been delivering apples weekly to 3 of the 4 school districts in Perry County. Thanks to the work of the Perry County Food Access Coalition, we have partnered with The Nutrition Group, the food service provider at Newport, Greenwood & Susquenita, and have added local apples to the offerings in the cafeterias. These apples are from Three Springs Fruit Farm in Aspers, and are free from chemicals & apeel. We worked with the farmers and the cafeterias to get a price the same as the price the schools were paying for apples from the larger food distributors, at a rate that works for our farmers -- a win for everyone! In the past two months, we have distributed over 4100 pounds of apples! It's an absolutely mind-blowing & inspiring number & I am just thrilled to share with everyone how much success we have seen so far! Thank you to everyone who makes this possible, especially the cafeteria staff who have been absolutely incredible to work with!
As we head into November, we want to keep this momentum going & community building! We have a few events this month, including a Meet the Maker sampling event this Saturday November 7th with Jam'a Hummus from 9-12 at the shop! Meet Abby & Irene, taste the variety of hummus they make & sample with fresh veggies from the shop! We are so excited for you to meet them! We also have special Thanksgiving week hours, with extra days open, and Black Friday & Small Business Saturday celebrations, including Hecker's Handhelds Food-Trailer & Photos with Santa to benefit the West Perry Farmers Market! All of the details, for all of the events are listed below & on our website -- we hope you will join us!
Lastly, we are thrilled to have opened Thanksgiving Turkey pre-orders from Chapel Ford Farm, for pasture raised, regenerative white holiday turkeys raised & processed USDA on their family farm in Gettysburg. Place a deposit online, let us know your size, and pay for the rest at pick up on Monday 11/23. Turkeys will be fresh & are $6/lb. Order on our website: https://www.peoplesprovisions.com/s/shop
Thank you for everything party people! Let us know what local foods you are looking for this holiday season and we will do our best to source them in the best ways we know how! Thank you for continuing to choose People's Provisions for your local food, your special meals & for sharing with your people. We love you & are so grateful for you! We will see you this month, celebrating gratitude together!
With all of my love,
Lindsay
More of the links, details & events!
Bulk Flour Orders for November:
Bulk Flour orders are open, and will only be open for one week! We will be placing our orders next Tuesday 11/10 for pick up the following week, so that everyone will have their flour in time to make all of their thanksgiving baked goods, breads, dinner rolls & pies!! Please order on our google form & we will confirm order pick up dates through email: https://forms.gle/sJLKAPkZ9HbeMb6y6
Pour-it-Forward
We have been so grateful for the support of Little Fox Candle Company, who has been raising money through candles for the pay-it-forward fund. Although our candle making workshop is sold out, we now have an exclusive People's Provisions candle available at the shop! This candle is called "Giving Season" & is scented with our favorite thanksgiving herbs, rosemary & sage. All of the proceeds of these candles are going to the pay-it-forward fund. It's the perfect holiday candle & we are so grateful for Tyonna for her generosity towards our community. We hope you'll love it as much as we do! ❤
SAVE THE DATE!
11/28 is Small Business Saturday! One of our favorite days of the year! Hecker's Handhelds food-trailer will be joining us from 10-3 for Breakfast & Lunch, Santa will be here from 1:30-3 for photos as a fundraiser for the West Perry Farmers Market & we will be debuting all of our Winter Holiday items (we celebrate Thanksgiving big over here!!!) We can't wait to celebrate with you!
