10/31/2025
It's giving season!
There is no better time than now to build community! Please check out these resources for food insecurity AND DONATE your time and money to these organizations if that is in your capacity. We take care of each other :)
instagram.com/p/DQRjYvyERHN this is a step by step video on how to navigate TEFAP, a food benefits program that does not compete with or disqualify you from SNAP benefits
instagram.com/p/DQSTiaHkf0Q/?img_index=2 this is a list for national programs to find local food sources
The heavy lifters in Knoxville:
Knox Pride Center, Second Harvest East TN, Beardsley Farm, Hellbender Harm Reduction, Fish Hospitality Pantry and so many more listed in this link:
secondharvestetn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Knoxville-and-Knox-Co.-Pantry-List_10.3.25_english.pdf
And for our Spanish speaking community members:
healthyknox.org/pdfs/resources/FoodResourceGuideflyerSPANApr25.pdf (https://www.healthyknox.org/pdfs/resources/FoodResourceGuideflyerSPANApr25.pdf)
We are still collecting items for those facing eviction at the Boocherie!
we can't wait to host you :)
This is our last week for the Hardin Valley farmers market. Thanks so much for all the amazing connections this season :) Starting this week, we will have Hot Toady at the booth for Market Square, Maryville, and Oak Ridge farmers markets!
We also have bottles to go available at the Boocherie if you'd
like to make this "hug in a mug" at home. Warm your bones!
This week, we have a super limited supply of the White Label Frog Juice x Vienna Coffee collab available in cans! Look for them this weekend at the farmers markets and at the Boocherie, woohoo! While supplies last
Join us for a very special grieving ceremony this Sunday:
Grief can be many things. Besides the loss of a loved one, we can grieve the paths not taken, the sorrows of the world, the parts of ourselves that have not known love, the loss of our health, ancestral grief. Grief is not linear and shows up when and where we least expect it sometimes.
This will be a safe space to hold and tend our grief as a community. An intention to create a village to help us through challenging times. Come help create that village and let us tend our hearts and souls. Let us learn to walk with our grief, not fix it but instead, let it transform us.
Join us Sunday evening at The Boocherie after business hours. You may bring an item representing your grief to place on a community altar during the gathering. Our grief tenders will offer some guidance to help you own your experience and honor yourself. All are welcome.
You may want to bring tissue, refillable water bottle, journal, floor cushion (but please no yoga mats).
Space is limited; Kindly register in advance here: forms.gle/GcSXRGRyQHz6iodGA
This is a donation based gathering ~ $loveoffering. And in order to respect the tenderness of the grieving process, no new entry will be permitted after 6:50 pm when the grief tending process will have started.
If you have questions, please reach out to our lead grief tender Matthew Blondell.
SNEAK PEAK at NEXT WEEK:
Tuesday 11/4 7-8:30PM: Enjoy Music, NA drinks, and stir together new friendships! Lillian Lincoln is hosting an acoustic set meet & greet to build community around fans of fermentation and music!
🗓 First Wednesdays at 6:30 pm with Rachel Chamness & Angie Duncan 📍 The Boocherie, 2920 Sutherland Ave., Knoxville ⚬ Nov 5 ⚬ Dec 3 ⚬ Jan 7
💫 Free community event
😎 Join us for a casual, welcoming evening to chat, share experiences, and meet other metaphysical friends in Knoxville. You’ll always be greeted with a smile — just drop in, grab a kombucha, and enjoy connecting with new friends!
✨ All are welcome, no matter your background, spiritual path, experience level, or age. We will greet you when you walk in, look for us sitting near the door!
