Brews & Bytes
June 2015
Volume 2, Issue 11
Beat the Heat
Inside
Mango Smoothie
OCCGH/
Agia Sophia Info
2
Charity Pledge
3
Soup Menu
4
Volunteer Spotlight
5
Thank You Letter
6
Matching Gifts
7
Volunteers Needed
8
St. Nicholas Picnic
9
Highmark WalkWalk-a-Thon
9
Coconut
Salted Caramel
Iced Latte
NEW
HOURS
16 oz. - $3.20
24 oz. - $4.00
7 AM—4 PM
Monday-Friday
God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love,
and even more than we are able to love ourselves.-St. John Chrysostom
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Agia Sophia Coffeehouse & Book Store
225 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
At the corner of Third and Market Streets across from the Whitaker Center
Phone: 717.232.2033
Email: [email protected]
Hours
Monday-Friday, 7 AM—4 PM
Saturday & Sunday—CLOSED
Robbin Staller, Manager
James Latimer, Assistant Manager
Sally Marasco, Brews & Bytes Editor
Harrisburg’s only
non-profit coffeehouse!
Agia Sophia Coffeehouse & Bookstore is a South Central PA outreach project under the auspices of the Orthodox
Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg, Inc. Our goal is to generate charitable contributions for area charities.
We represent the following Orthodox communities:
Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church, Harrisburg www.ctshbg.org
Holy Apostles Orthodox Church, Mechanicsburg www.holyapostleschurch.org
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Camp Hill www.holytrinityhbg.org
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Oberlin-Steelton www.stnicholassteelton.org
OCCGH Mission
Established in 2009 the Orthodox Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg, Inc. (OCCGH) was incorporated
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of charitable giving and education in the greater
Harrisburg environs. Visit us at www.occgh.org to learn more about our organization or to make a donation.
If you would like to learn more about OCCGH, the board members have developed a Power Point
presentation and are available to speak at your church or organization.
PLEASE NOTE: Information for the newsletter should be submitted to Sally Marasco ([email protected]) by the 25th
of the month.
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Agia Sophia June 2015
Charity Pledge
Harrisburg River Rescue
http://www.harrisburgriverrescue.org
Harrisburg River Rescue is non-profit, 100% volunteer
organization which provides community-based, high quality,
cost effective water rescue and emergency services for the
residents of the south-central Pennsylvania region.
Mission
To provide volunteer emergency search and rescue services
to persons suffering because of fire, flood, accident or other
disaster. These services include water rescue and patrol, dive rescue and recovery, special fire police services,
emergency first response services, water-pumping and related services, and fire and rescue services to the
public. The Corporation also provides emergency search and rescue equipment and facilities to governmental
agencies and other organizations assisting persons in distress, and provides emergency search and rescue
services to persons in distress on area waters. The Corporation
offers courses that promote safety on area waters, and offers
training to the general public and to emergency personnel on
boating safety and water rescue.
Agia Sophia Coffee House
(Orthodox Christian Charities of Greater Harrisburg, Inc.)
In Partnership with YOU!
Donations 2015
TOTAL
Thanks for your patronage of
Agia Sophia. Your generosity
and support makes donations
to these worthy charitable
organizations possible.
2015
January:
February:
March:
April:
May:
June:
$2,216
$13,122
Bethesda Mission
Central PA Food Bank
Hospice of Central PA
Capital Area Pregnancy Center
Downtown Daily Bread
Harrisburg River Rescue
$329
$470
$418
$502
$497
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Soup’s On!
Here’s this month’s menu of delicious
homemade soups so you can plan your lunches
and/or some take out. We always have
something new as well as your tried and true
favorites. These great soups go fast, so make
sure you get yours before they’re all gone!
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Vegetarian
Vegetable
Eggplant
Chickpea Stew
Shrimp & Corn in
Cream
Jamaican
Chicken with
Borlotti Bean
with Spinach
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Cream of
Tomato
Almost Thai
Peanut Carrot
Tunisian Chickpea Key West
Stew
Chicken
Tuscan Harvest
with Fennel
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
Tomato
Vegetable
Jamaican Black
Bean Butternut
Kale and Quinoa
White Bean
White Wine
Tomato Pesto
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
Italian Sausage
& Lentils
Southwest Black
Bean
Chickpea Tomato
White Bean
Vegetarian
Italian Pea &
Basil
29.
30.
Latin Corn
Pumpkin
Customer Comments
"I plan to keep coming in after I retire. I love this place."
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Volunteer
SPOTLIGHT
This month we feature an interview with Tiffany Sites, a
cooking volunteer for Agia Sophia Coffeehouse &
Bookstore. The interview, “Getting to Know Your Fellow
Parishioners,” was published in the March 2015 edition of
The Source, a monthly publication of the Holy Trinity Greek
Orthodox Church in Camp Hill, PA.
Q. What is something else that occupies some your time?
I volunteer at Agia Sophia Coffeehouse, and I love it. It’s a great atmosphere and the people are
wonderful. I have met great friends who I get together with. And it’s the case that when you smile at
the people, they almost always smile back! So it has been really rewarding. There’s just a great feel
there. And it’s fun to read the positive sentiments that people often put in the comment box. Being
associated with Agia Sophia somehow brings fuller blessings for my life. Down the street from the
coffeehouse, there is a man working at the parking lot where I park my car. One day before picking up
my car to leave, I had brought him some fresh spanakopita from the coffee shop. He was so grateful; he
let me know in the happiest sense that I had made his day. The small exchange in turn made me feel
alive, human. To me those little things are what life is really about!
Thank you, Tiffany, for the testimonial and for volunteering at the shop!
The OCCGH Board
Customer Comments
"So this is Agia Sophia. Nice. I'm from Pittsburgh and I was
told that I had to come here."
"Oh really, who told you to come here?"
"Well, let's just say ‘the Greek network.’"
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A Thank You letter
from our
March Charity Pledge
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Agia Sophia Coffeehouse & Book Store
Harrisburg’s only non-profit Coffeehouse and Bookstore
We need volunteers for the summer months! This is a great
opportunity for high school and college students, teachers and retirees.
Training will be provided.
All you need is a will to serve others and a smile.
Monday:
Front Counter Volunteer
8 AM—1 PM
Tuesday:
Kitchen Volunteer
Flexible Hours
Make soups, quiche and wash dishes
Thursday:
Kitchen Volunteer
Flexible Hours
Make soups, salads and wash dishes
Friday:
Front Counter Volunteer
Kitchen Volunteer
8 AM—1 PM
Flexible Hours
Make soups, wrap muffins and wash dishes
For more information on how you can serve or to answer
any questions, please contact Volunteer Coordinator,
Joanne Wevodau at 717.580.4833 or email at
[email protected]
Agia Sophia Coffeehouse & Book Store
Join us for 3rd in the Burg
Friday, June 19, 2015
Extended Hours: 5 PM—8:30 PM
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St. Nicholas
Serbian Orthodox Church
Annual Church Picnic
Sunday, June 7, 2015
12 PM—8 PM
Serb Park
1131 Eisenhower Blvd., Harrisburg, PA
Music provided by Sviraj and The Polka Quads
Performances by St. Nicholas Tamburitzans
and Kolo Club Vojvodina
Kid Zone featuring Mr. Music
Delicious Ethnic Food & Pastries
Free Admission & Free Parking
Highmark
“Walk for a Healthy Community”
Here’s the Agia Sophia Team that took part in the
Highmark walk-a-thon on May 16 at HACC. They
walked to raise money for Mission of Mercy, a
local non-profit mobile clinic that provides free
healthcare, free dental care and free prescription
medications to the uninsured, underinsured and
those who “fall through the cracks” of our
healthcare system. Together they raised $1,385!
Congratulations, Team! Great Job!