Except for last year, our organization has hosted a Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner every November for the past five decades. Although we hoped we could be together in-person again this year, we still don’t feel capable of safely pulling off a gathering of that size. However, we also couldn’t let another year go by without connecting with our community in the way the potluck dinners always allowed.

This year, we are excited to invite our community to contribute to a gratitude project. We are asking you to write a short blurb about a person, place, moment, item, etc. for which you are grateful. Our students in afterschool and Maud Morgan Arts will be participating in their own version of this project as well! After collecting these declarations of gratitude, we plan to share them more broadly by posting them online and as an art installation in our kiosk in front of the Baldwin School, with each statement comprising a leaf on a tree. Our hope for this project is that it will remind us of the warmth and togetherness of, not only the annual potluck dinner, but the entire holiday season.

How to submit your leaf:

1. Download and print your own leaf, write your declaration of gratitude and send/drop off to 20 Sacramento Street!
2. Complete this form and our team will make a leaf for you.
3. Attend the Maud Morgan Arts’ in-person printmaking demo on Saturday, November 13th at 11 AM in the driveway (20 Sacramento Street) – there will be leaves for the community to make!

Guiding questions to inspire your gratitude leaf:

• Did your neighbor do something kind for you?
• Is there a staff member at fka ABC who went above and beyond to help you?
• Were you impressed by someone’s effort to build community?