“I meet people I wouldn’t otherwise meet.”
Aside from volunteering every Friday at the Café, Sherrill is a retired social worker, a Smith College alumna, a long-time political activist, and a regular guest columnist for the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Get to know more about Sherrill! Read on!
What’s your Stone Soup story?
I have been volunteering since 2020, right after the Pandemic hit us. I remember that before then I heard of the idea of feeding people a sit-down, full, healthy meal for a free will donation or for free. I celebrated the idea, but was not participating, partly because I don’t live nearby. I had been volunteering at the Ashfield food pantry until the pandemic shut it down briefly. That is when I sought out Stone Soup Cafe.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in the suburbs of NYC, then lived many years in New York, and moved to Franklin County in 1988.
What’s your favorite thing about volunteering?
Knowing I am part of a community that feeds everyone.
How has your relationship to Franklin County changed since you began volunteering?
I am meeting people I wouldn’t otherwise meet!
What do you enjoy doing when you are not volunteering at the Café?
I enjoyed watching the birds at my bird feeder until I had to bring it in to save the bear from coming too close. Now I enjoy the daffodils!
I also enjoy seeing more and more people at the standouts for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza! A lot of my time is spent reading about the genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, where I have friends.