Food Train supporters thanked

Brenda Orach, chairwoman of social ministry at Trinity Lutheran Church, said that AJ’s Market and the Brown Street neighborhood played a leading role in supporting a food drive for the Westbrook Food Pantry last month.

Orach said this year’s Food Train delivered more than 125 boxes of food to the food pantry, and money donated in collection jars added $3,200 to the drive. Many of the city’s businesses and churches participated to make the drive successful.

“One of the success stories for the project comes from a neighborhood market, AJ’s,” Orach said.

She said Alfred Jacob opened the store on Brown Street about a year ago, and she said neighborhood children rallied to donate coins for a collection jar.

“Alfred said that the kids would put their change in the jar and some would even use change from their piggy banks,” Orach said. “Word spread fast through the neighborhood, and it became a challenge for the kids.”

Orach said that the store’s collection jar was not only filled but Jacob also had a plastic bucket holding donated coins.

Tate house hosting poetry in garden

The Tate House Museum will present Poetry in the Garden from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1. Portland poets Linda Aldrich and Mihku Paul Anderson will read poems they have written for the Tate House Museum and discuss their poetry with those attending.

The event is part of the Tate House Museum summer series, and admission is $10 to support the museum and its programs. The Tate House, 1267 Westbrook St., was built in 1755 for British mast agent Capt. George Tate.

Light refreshments will be served. For reservations, call 774-6177 or e-mail the museum at info@tatehouse.org.

Free device workshop

U.S. Cellular is offering a free device workshop from 2-3 p.m. on Friday, June 20, at 11 Main St. in Westbrook. U.S. Cellular said current or potential smart phone users can ask questions and learn about any device they are interested in. The workshop is open to everyone. Attendees don’t need to be U.S. Cellular customers.

To RSVP for the workshop, call 854-3144.

AJ’s Market on Brown Street played a big role in the success of the recent Food Train drive to benefit the Westbrook Food Pantry.