Stone
Soup Folk Arts Foundation has recently been awarded an
Arts Organizational Support Grant from Mayor James E.
Doyle and the City of Pawtucket.
Thank You to all who answered Stone
Soup Coffeehouse’s Call to Action! During the month of January 2008, Stone
Soup conducted an underwear drive for The Shelter At St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church. 
Stone
Soup thanks all those who donated blood and registered
through the Rhode Island Blood Center and the National
Marrow Donor Program during the Pawtucket Arts Festival
on September 15 and 16,
2007.
Some
Stone Soup shows begin with a HOOT
(otherwise known as
an Open
Mike.) Four
performers take the stage for one song each. Sign-ups
are on the day of the show and begin during ticket
sales. Come early to sign up!
The
concert on September 22 with Lucie Blue Tremblay was a special
fund-raising event called The Breast Exam
Project, which
raises awareness about breast cancer and encourages and
informs women about the importance of early detection
and yearly breast exams and mammographies. Five dollars
from the sale of each ticket for September 22 will be
directly donated to the Breast Exam Project.
Stone Soup Folk
Arts Foundation is part of the Rhode Island
community. We periodically conduct charity drives.
During the 2006-2007 year we had two (2) drives: a
toiletry and diaper drive for New Hope For Families in
Pawtucket; an underwear and socks drive for the
shelter at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church.
Congratulations
to Bill Harley, winner of a 2007 Grammy
for his CD Blah Blah Blah:
Stories About Clams, Swamp Monsters, Pirates and
Dogs. Bill is one of the
Founding Members of Stone Soup.