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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RUSH, RUSH: Easter Food Drive is Underway!
Spoonbill Neighbors 4th Easter Feast Food Drive is getting off to a late start – please hurry. By Louise Nelson Due to an operational error (i.e. a goof) we have just received our supply of…
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A Grab Bag of Events
Of Stage and Screen – Friday March 7th Feel Like Dancing – Mar 8-9 Havana Nights – Saturday Mar 29th The Marsh Creek Women’s Association is hosting Havana Nights on Saturday, March 29th to raise…
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Gala for a Cause
St. Anastasia Catholic Church is staging a festive gala to raise funds for the St. Enda Formation Center and Celebration Hall on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Located at 5205 AIA in St. Augustine, Celebration Hall…
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59 Reasons to say Happy Thanksgiving, Marsh Creek!
Several weeks ago, the St. Johns County Homeless Coalition delivered 18 Publix bags to help Marsh Creek’s Spoonbill Neighbors to kick off its annual Thanksgiving food drive. Each empty bag was pre-designated for one of…
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Marsh Creek does it again!
By Louise Nelson We sometimes worry it’s too much or too often, but each time Marsh Creek proves us wrong. Louise Nelson, Melody Ness and Patty Damon organized and coordinated the Spoonbill Neighbors Easter Food…
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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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Food Drive Update – More Needed
Thanks, Marsh Creek, for all the support for the Food Drive! However, we can still use some more items, including: Canned tuna, chicken Canned fruit Boxed protein bars Mac & Cheese Pasta Sauce & Noodles…
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Food Drive for SJC Needy
Help us feed Children, Families and Seniors in our Community. “Out of the 500+ clients who are applying for state benefits approximately 1/2 are families with children, 1/4 are individuals and 1/4 are elderly. Yes,…
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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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Get to Know the Homeless Coalition
“The Homeless Coalition of St. Johns County will hold an open house on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. Attendees will get a firsthand look at the coalition’s comprehensive growth plan for supporting the county’s…
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Low Country Boillllll … for the Homeless
Don’t miss this FUN event! Join us for a Low Country Boil at Genung’s Fish Camp on Saturday, September 23rd, from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. benefiting the Homeless Coalition St Johns County. Enjoy delicious food,…
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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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Help Needed for the Homeless Coalition
Spoonbill Neighbors and Marsh Creek Community Outreach Alert, One of the cottages on the Homeless Coalition campus here in St. Augustine is being refurnished. Each resident family in transitional housing is permitted, and in fact…
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Food, Wine, Beer and History Events Underway in May
St. Augustine – This year, more than ever, there are so many ways to cherish the time you spend exploring new fun adventures in America’s oldest city and along her coast. The St. Augustine…
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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 Food Drive Nearing End
By Louise Nelson Because April 1st falls on a Saturday, we are moving up our collection deadline and delivery of the food we have been collecting in the Easter Share food drive for for the…
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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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A Thank You from The Homeless Coalition
As this past Thanksgiving approached, Marsh Creek’s Spoonbill Neighbors organized a food drive in the neighborhood and delivered more than 30 red bags of Thanksgiving meals to families living on the St. Johns County Homeless…
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