Ridgefield Community Gleaners Association

11/14/2025

The Ridgefield Community Gleaners are once again sponsoring a Gingerbread House Festival for Hometown weekend - Dec 6. - at the Ridgefield Community Library. Entries must be dropped off at the library on December 6. Here is the event poster -

06/02/2025

The Ridgefield Family Resource Center is running low on shopping/grocery bags. These are a huge help to the crew at RFRC and the families they support. Extra shopping bags - paper, plastic, reusable - are all great and can be dropped at the the Resource Center during Monday, Wednesday and Thursday opening hours or by contacting the Resource Center to arrange a good time.

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01/31/2025

An important and last minute update on the Empty Bowl Fundraiser!

The soup and the fun will be at Neighborhood Refuge. Please stop by and enjoy!

01/30/2025

We have another great Ridgefield Gleaners event coming right up on Saturday. Here are the details. Don't miss out!

01/05/2025

Sending out a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this event fun and successful. Thanks to our hosts, the Ridgefield Community Library, our Gleaners Association volunteers, the Reflector, and especially to all our wonderful participants who rolled up their sleeves and dived into the frosting! Some of the creations were truly courageous and outrageous.

Here is a snap of the Reflector article showcasing the people's choice selections.

12/08/2024

Come down to the Ridgefield Community Library this week and check out the Gingerbread House Festival. Be sure to vote for your favorites in each category!

11/12/2024

We hope you are planning your Gingerbread creation for Hometown Celebration.
Any Gingerbread recipe can work for a making a Gingerbread house, castle or wild creation. We like to use a "construction gingerbread" recipe since it's tougher and stands up better in general. Here's one that works, but you can search the interwebs and pick one you like.

Gingerbread that is sturdy enough to make any kind of gingerbread structure you can imagine, but also tasty enough that snacking on scraps is a delight.

11/12/2024

Ridgefield Gleaners are sponsoring the Gingerbread House Festival, December 7, for Hometown Celebration. Here are details on how to participate

10/27/2024

Ridgefield Community Gleaners are supporting the Hometown Gingerbread House Festival. For more information, check out the Event Page!

https://www.facebook.com/events/543174218644047

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10/27/2024

Ridgefield Community Gleaners will be at Hometown Celebration, Saturday December 7 at Overlook Park.

10/25/2024

Food insecurity in our community is a year round challenge for many Ridgefield families. Harvest season is nearly over in our garden and I imagine for most gardens around town but need continues.

Ridgefield Gleaners purchases about 9000 pounds of fresh produce each year which is distributed to Ridgefield families through the Ridgefield Family Resource Center(RFRC). Thankfully, RFRC also receives weekly produce contributions from generous area businesses and families. Nearly all of their produce is distributed each week, so great is the need.

Ridgefield Gleaners depends on donor support. If our mission appeals to you, please consider reaching out through our FB page or our web page - both have contact information.

https://ridgefieldgleaners.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGI7jBleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdrf6AMGK_wcZthpd6hrhXLBZwTSIq3VSFC746YPrabCiRHeBMQVN2d6Ug_aem_eJn0iVEO6NuHa-jRW6SyFA

We are volunteers who gather fruits and vegetables from local gardens and purchase produce from local stores to support families in need through the Ridgefield Family Resource Center.

09/04/2024

Ridgefield Gleaners would love to collect fresh garden produce and fruit for Ridgefield Families in need.

We are starting to see fruit dropping from trees around town and many gardens going unharvested.

If you have fruit trees that won't be picked and no time to deal with garden produce please consider contacting us.

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