Easter Food Drive – Thank You!
By Louise Nelson Well, Marsh Creek. An organizing snafu gave us only 5 days for this year’s Easter Food Drive for the St. Johns County Homeless Coalition. It could have been a failure but it…
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Mediterranean-style baked grouper with tomatoes and olives
By Louise Nelson Mediterranean-style baked grouper with tomatoes and olives You’ll love this easy baked grouper recipe, prepared Mediterranean-style with a few spices and bold fresh flavors, including garlic, lemon juice, tomatoes and olives! Ready…
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Marsh Creek Night of Lights
Friday, December 13th Sundown (rain date 14th) It’s time again to kick off the Holidays with Marsh Creek’s annual neighborhood Luminary Extravaganza, otherwise known as our Night of Lights. For newcomers, this is the evening…
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Roasted Cauliflower and Garlic Soup
By Louise Nelson Here’s a delicious looking recipe courtesy of the New York Times by Ali Slagle. (I haven’t made it yet, but I bought a large cauliflower, so that’s the plan) Happy Cooking! This…
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Easter Food Drive for the Homeless Underway
Spoonbill Neighbors 3rd Easter Feast Food Drive is under way! By Louise Nelson We have just received our supply of shopping bags and a list of needed food items requested by the kind folks at…
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Spoonbill Neighbors in 2024
By Louise Nelson (lzn@mindspring.com) Since we’re starting off a new year, we thought it timely to remind everyone in our neighborhood to consider joining Spoonbill Neighbors. It is a group dedicated to community fun, charitable…
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Get Ready for the 3rd Annual MC Night of Lights!
Marsh Creek’s 3rd annual Night of Lights event at Sundown on Friday December 8th. What is the Night of Lights? For two years now, starting in the depths of Covid in 2021, Marsh Creek homeowners…
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Marsh Creek Nights of Lights 2023
Save the Date Friday, December 8th at sundown It’s time again to kick off the Holiday Season with Marsh Creek’s annual neighborhood Luminaria Extravaganza, otherwise known as our Night of Lights. This is the evening…
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Share the Feast Thanksgiving Food Drive
By Louise Nelson Marsh Creek’s Spoonbill Neighbors’ is once again partnering with St. Johns County Homeless Coalition for the Annual “Share the Feast Thanksgiving Food Drive”. Melody Ness is spearheading this drive. Many of the…
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“Thank you so much for setting our kids up for success!”
“OPERATION BACKPACK” Update from Louise Nelson Spoonbill Neighbors Community Outreach has met another goal! Thanks to the generosity of Marsh Creek residents, 35 backpacks of all shapes, sizes and colors, some jammed with an array…
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Help the Homeless Back to School! (Updated)
Updated 6:10pm 7-27-2023 First, good news: the Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County now has received adequate donations to house an expected new family in August. Thank you, for your support! The other need the…
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Chill in This Heat … With a Cherry Tomato and White Bean Salad
By Louise Nelson This recipe is from the New York Times, it’s a delicious side for grilled fish or meat. It’s an easy recipe without having to saute, searing, sizzle, broil or char. No heat!…
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Marsh Creek Delivered: Easter Food Drive
By Louise Nelson Thanks to the generosity of Marsh Creek residents, 40+ bags of canned ham, mashed potatoes, vegetables and fruit, dry foods, cereals, peanut butter and jelly, cake mixes, juices, and chocolate Easter bunnies…
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Easter Share Drive
By Louise Nelson Spoonbill Neighbors “Spring Share the Feast” is in full swing for Easter! The Red Bags have arrived and are available for pick up now in the wood box at Louise Nelson’s home…
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Tonight’s the Night!
By Louise Nelson Just a reminder that at dusk tonight, Marsh Creek will celebrate its second Night of Lights to usher in the Holiday Season in our community. By now, you have probably rounded up…
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Marsh Creek’s Night of Lights is a’coming!!
Date: Friday, December 9th,2022 Time: Sundown (typically between 5:30-6PM) By Louise Nelson Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s that time of year to Light Up Marsh Creek! Last year’s inaugural event, supported by the Marsh Creek Country…
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Marsh Creek Steps Up for the Homeless
On Friday morning, a team of Spoonbill Neighbor volunteers gathered up more than 40 heavy bags of provisions that Marsh Creekers had dropped off at the Nelson and Ness “Depots” in the past two weeks….
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More “Share the Feast” Bags Have Arrived!
By Louise Nelson We had a shortage, and now we don’t! New bags for the Homeless Coalition have arrived! We also have “extra items” bags for those who want to give more, like soaps, household…
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Help Needed for Thanksgiving
Spoonbill Neighbors Community Outreach is seeking help for the Homeless Coalition, (AKA, the Emergency Services and Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County). We are partnering with the Coalition again this year to “Share the Feast”,…
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New Neighbors!
By Louise Nelson Recently, the Spoonbill Neighbors Welcome Committee, represented by Peter Clayton and Peggy Steinberg, again rolled out the Marsh Creek Welcome Mat. Our New Neighbors Donna Broome – 261 Fiddler’s Point. Donna and her…
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