Looking Forward to 2012

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:15 +0000

This year has been absolutely wonderful to us. We have fed almost 10,000 – almost twice as many as last year. We have also grown as a volunteer “family” and almost every week we see new faces in addition to our seasoned “family”. We’ve had our struggles as any new charity/organization has and encounters in the beginning. Someone told me a while back the first five years for any non-profit are the hardest, and I believe it. I’ve had days where it felt like we were on top of our little world, days where it didn’t feel like it was worth the frustration and time, and days where talking to one person, or one less fortunate soul would put my heart right back on track. And at the end of the day, it’s right where it was. And still is.

Noah’s Kitchen was founded in December 0f 2009 and we announced our Mission on January of 2010. This January will take us into our third year and I hope to make it more fun, more welcoming, and hopefully more impactful on both the streets and in our personal lives. Noah’s Kitchen will always stay small and do big things. Families, children, classrooms, and church teams are welcome as always and we look forward to working with other organizations too.

One big change coming up this year is we will be branching out into Montgomery County. I have been feeding and reaching out to people here, where I live, over the last few months hoping to learn what’s going on in my Community and how we can help. Montgomery County has a huge need for what we do and I’m hoping by attending the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless meeting tonight, that it will help steer us in the right direction. Also, I think it opens up the doors for more volunteers that aren’t able to make it out to Houston. I’m pretty excited about this. =)

I’m working on getting the events and handouts set up both here on the website and on Facebook as well so stay tuned… Just know our 1st handout of the year will be on January 8th at Jenni’s Noodle House in the Heights at 9an sharp.

We are looking for new team leaders with serious dedication to our mission and also will be looking for applicants for our board. If you are interested please email me and we can discuss requirements. Also, we are in serious need of a grant writer(s).

Thank you all for your support and I look forward to another beautiful year of helping the less fortunate with you guys.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Amber and Noah

Holiday on 19th

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:30:21 +0000

”The 19th Street merchants kick off the season with Holiday on 19th Street featuring holiday refreshments, carolers, live music, and even Santa Claus on Friday, December 2, from 6 pm – 10 pm. Kids will certainly enjoy the traveling life-size puppet show! Live music features a plethora of artists including Night Train, Mrs. Jingles the Elf, Psychadelic Blues, AndyRoo, Lords of Kool and more. “

The Shop Heights 19th Street merchants partnered with us this year as its benefiting charity. Through December 9, the 19th Street merchants collected peanut butter, dry pasta, pasta sauce, new socks, and toiletries. We also had the opportunity to hang out the night of all the festivities and educate folks on who we are, what we do, and what our goal is: to get the less fortunate off the streets. Because of all the awesome shops involved we raised $47 and 4 totes of food, socks, and toiletries to hand out. Thank you to everyone involved and thanks to Angel and Nichole for volunteering. =)

(I totally got to meet Sancho Clause, lol.)

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Thanksgiving

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:36 +0000

On Thanksgiving Day we volunteered as a team at the George R. Brown for the Citywide Big Feast. There was quite a turnout of volunteers from all types of organizations and families too. It’s wonderful to see people come together for others.

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Katz’s Coffee Porter Party

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:30:58 +0000

We followed up the evening of the 20th with the Katz’s Porter Party which we were asked for the 2nd year in a row to be the beneficiary. Seriously, what an HONOR. Katz’s Coffee and Real Ale team up once a year to release a coffee porter and throw a big party to celebrate with live music and a silent auction. We had several volunteers to help us “man” the table throughout the day/evening and an effort by all was very much appreciated. A total of over $2800 was pledged so to those of you who have bid… check your emails!!

Again, Avi, thank you so VERY MUCH! You are AWESOME for supporting us and believing in what we do!

A Bullritos Thanksgiving

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:26 +0000

Our handout on the 20th was pretty special, as it was our Thanksgiving handout, Noah’s Kitchen style. We had both The Black Sheep Agency and Bullritos team up with us to serve a Mexican Thanksgiving Feast Bullritos provided us with 400 sack lunches including burritos, chips, salsa, and a cookie. Because it was such a large order 5 stores in the Houston Area came together to make it happen. We put the meals together and the Noah’s Kitchen Volunteers headed to The Star of Hope where the meals were handed out for both lunch and dinner to their “guests”. Bullritos is quite “charitiabull” indeed!

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SleepOut Saturday

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:30:21 +0000

This year turned out a bit different than last year but still we did our best raising awareness. We had 13 dedicated people (including myself) that braved the elements (Though it wasn’t very cold this year compared to last.) . We had many friends drop off blankets and supplies for us to pass out on our candlelight walk. We loaded up with blankets, socks, and “candles” (we used battery powered lights this year because of all the trouble we had last year keeping them lit but next year I think we’ll switch back.) and hit the road. We found a shopping cart pretty close to the beginning of our walk and we used it to haul all the blankets and socks. It was considerably warmer this year compared to last and crazy enough, we had trouble passing everything out. We returned to listen to a last minute acoustic set followed by my Father who also ran sound. (Our speaker didn’t show or call so I spoke for a few short minutes.) After the music we all talked for a while and turned in for the night. The morning came early and we were all tired and sore, ready for food and our own beds. We all went to breakfast and then home. I do believe we made a few friends that night and still raised awareness. Thank you so much to The Awesome Foundation, Erika and Jed Mandel, and Patricia Carter for supporting our mission and of course everyone who participated in the SleepOut and those that helped in spreading the word.

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Celebrity Night!

Amber Rodriguez — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:00:06 +0000

It was quite an honor to get to be a “celebrity” for a night!

I met with Scott shortly before 5 so we could go over the evening and how things would be run at Jenni’s Noodle House. Amy and James arrived shortly after as well as Allison, Kendall, and Kelly. We had our first team an a pre-shift before the first guests arrived. Most of the regulars skipped counter service and gave us the opportunity to wait on them while educating them about what we do and what our mission is. Though some skipped the tables and both Jenni and Scott filled them in on what Celebrity Night was and who we were. (Allison you’re a Monster! :p) By 7:30 the restaurant was quite full and we had our volunteer shift change and April, Mayra, Angela, Monica, David, and Byron joined us in continuing and finishing up the night. Out of 11 volunteers , 8 were fresh and new faces that hadn’t joined us before. I found that to be super cool because that means we’re still reaching new volunteers that are interested in being part of helping a growing problem in our community, homelessness. The night died down around 9:30ish and we had the opportunity to go over the evening. We saw a lot of old friends, met quite a few new friends, and in the process raised $884 to help us continue our mission.

I want to extend a special thank-you to Jenni, Scott, Logan, all of the volunteers, the wonderful donors, and those awesome ladies at The Black Sheep Agency. We truly appreciate all of the support that you give us no matter how quiet or loud, little or big. Every kind helps and most of all it means so much to me that you believe in us.

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Jenni’s Noodle House bringing back Celebrity Nights!

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:49:40 +0000

Jenni’s Noodle House Sponsors Noah’s Kitchen

Vietnamese Restaurant Provides a Celebrity Night to Feed the Homeless

HOUSTON – October 26, 2011 – On November 4, 2011, Jenni’s Noodle House – Heights (located at 602 East 20^th Street) is allocating one night to provide much needed financial assistance to Noah’s Kitchen, a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding the local homeless and hungry in Houston. On November 4^th, from 5-10p.m., Noah’s Kitchen “celebrities,” including founder Amber Rodriguez, will wait tables, accruing tips for their organization. Open to the public, this event represents the first in a series of rotating charity events that Jenni’s Noodle House will be participating in with local charities, providing much-needed revenue as well as event space to community partners.

For the past 10 years, Jenni’s Noodle House has been a proud supporter of both community events and national charity’s and is pleased to count Noah’s Kitchen under its rooster of affiliated charitable organizations. Aligned in both mission and purpose with the charitable organizations that they support, Jenni’s Noodle House aims to not only feed customer’s with healthy food, but consistently sponsor groups that have a direct impact on feeding or nurturing the community or population-at-large.

“Noah’s Kitchen is an organization that mirrors so many things we are passionate about, community relationships, grass roots charitable giving and of course, feeding people in need” said owner Jenni Tran-Weaver. “ Celebrity night is a great way to acknowledge the underappreciated stars at Noahs Kitchen. All tips will go directly to the organization as well as any other donations made by the Noodlehood!”

About Jenni’s Noodle House

Since 2002 Jenni’s Noodle House has shared its noodleisms and funky flavor with the greater Houston area. Owners Jenni and Scott Tran-Weaver should know – they’ve been serving up their yummy, fast and oh-so-tasty Vietnamese specialty dishes and singing Madonna songs every step of the way. For more information, visit Noodlesrule.com or follow them on Facebook (facebook.com/noodlesrule) and Twitter (twitter.com/noodlesrule).

October

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Monday the 3rd Amy, Billy, and myself met with Casa De Esperanza to tour their “facilities” and find out how we could adopt a child or children for the holiday. Casa helps children living with HIV and children that have been sexually abused come back into a safe “family” setting while receiving basic care and therapy. This organization is very dear to Amy and myself. We decided as an organization to sponsor two children for the holidays and we are waiting on their “Christmas lists” so we can begin raising/pulling together their gifts. We encourage you to give as well and we will keep you posted!

On the 5th I met up with Debbie who contacted me last month about doing a fundraiser for us. She sells Avon and is super involved in helping different organizations around Houston. She put together a Facebook page and even hosted an event at her home. She presented us with several boxes of food, toiletries, and even a check for $50! Thank you SO much Deb!!!

We met up on the 9th for a handout sponsored by one of our volunteers, Courtney Williams, but due to the terrible weather we called it off for safety’s sake.

Wednesday Amy and I met up for drinks before going to give a “presentation” to some of the shop owners on 19th. (Last month I had a small meeting with Sara from Kenektid and three other owners on 19th. They asked us to be their beneficiary for their annual Holiday party. Uh, YES PLEASE!!!) Amy and I went over the history of NK and the needs that we have right now. Man was that scary, lol. Seriously though, we’re totally looking forward to the party on December 2nd!

Though I have been off skates for a couple of months my roller derby team, Northside Fury from Spring, joined us in giving back to the community. Hardcore girls with huge hearts! Thank you ladies!!

September

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:30:06 +0000

The last two months have been fairly busy for us. September 7th we had a board meeting and established a “service” board for the seasoned/super committed volunteers and it has helped in making our handouts super-organized.

September 11th was National Service day and we were joined my Richard Orllena and Volunteer Houston for our handout.

As of September 23 we have teamed up with Real Meals 365 to feed the less fortunate on a regular basis as they are so graciously donating healthy meals 1-2 times a week. To date we have served several hundred meals and have also helped feed the Conroe Salvation Army homeless shelter several times and also a youth community in Montgomery county as well.

September 25th we were joined by Kristie Felan and a group of about 20 (and their parents) student council members from pine Forest Elementary in Atascosita. It was the second time they’ve joined us and it was wonderful to meet this year’s group. The kids did an awesome job preparing the meals and even cut shapes/hearts into the sandwiches to show a little extra “love” while they observed their parents handing out the meals. Was a pretty good Sunday.

Something SUPER cool… There is a new organization here in Houston. AWESOME Houston. “The Awesome Foundation – Houston is a group of people that have come together to donate $1000 to community events, local artists, or anything awesome in Houston that is going on.” They choose someone, anyone, a group, an individual with a great idea that will be completed within 30 days and give them $1000 to help fund their “project”. We applied for the “grant” using our SleepOut Saturday event and were chosen for the inaugural award! Check out our event that is happening in less than two weeks! Come “sleep with us” or sponsor a team! All donations are tax deductible. Read more here!

Please vote for us!

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:20:53 +0000

“When it comes to good, everyone wins. This is for the humble neighbor who inspires more neighbors to lend a hand, turning ordinary citizens into an extraordinary community of good. How better to reward them, than to give away $120,000 in gas prizes. This is the 2011 Fueling Good Program, where 24 charities will win gas throughout the year.” – Citgo Fueling Good Program

Please vote for us. If we win this will help us fuel our efforts for almost TWO years!!!

http://www.fuelinggood.com/rewardinggood?id=835278

August

Amber Rodriguez — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:13:52 +0000

August 1st we were extremely fortunate to receive a donation of 20 cases of water from the Conroe Kroger’s about a mile from my house. In this heat food ins important but water and staying hydrated is so very vital to stay alive. I recommend that you keep a bottle or two in your car. When you see a homeless person asking for money at a stop sign or light, offer the water instead. It’s a great alternative. THANK YOU KROGER!!!

August 5th was a fun evening for us. Our friend Bryan Miller of The Outlaw Dave Show asked us to be the recipient of not only the charity spotlight for the week (for the 2nd time! ) but also their first charity spotlight fundraiser. It took place at The Concert Pub North and we had an amazing night talking with new friends and even raised over $400 to help us in our efforts! Thank you Bryan, Dave, and The Concert Pub staff!!

August 6th was an event I wish I could have attended but I had to work. Our friend Quan hosted a MSO Road Rally and donated the entrants fee to us. Almost $200 was raised and something so much greater came from it. We made awesome friends, new volunteers, and somehow Quan and one of their attendees did something I NEVER expected. One of their attendees works in the office for Representative Shelia Jackson Lee and had a Certificate of Congressional Recognition sent our way. WOW!

Sunday the 7th our handout went quite well, as usual. We fed a lot of people and ended the day getting a call from our friend Mitch Cohen who is the event coordinator for White Linen Night in the Heights. For the 2nd year in a row he has been so thoughtful to think of us when donating left over water from the nights event. 28 cases!!! Thank you Mitch!!!!

The last handout of the month on August 21st was very special to me, one of the most touching in a long while. Not only did Quan and the MSO group come volunteer with us and present the Congressional Recognition to our volunteers but we also had a few new additions to the family. Shellee, Kent, and their kids joined us for what I hope is one of many more to come.

When I started Noah’s Kitchen one of the things I said I never wanted to lose as we grow is the one-on-one and personal connection that we have with the people that we meet. It has become difficult at times to do this 100% with the number of volunteers/friends growing on a weekly basis. (This is a good thing though – this week we had 26 volunteers!)

At one of our stops I saw Shellee crying. Behind her, her husband had given the shoes off of his feet to “Edward” and was talking to him. Building a friendship. I sat down too and was silently reminded by both of them why I began and was still doing Noah’s Kitchen. We made plans to bring a care “bag” to him the next weekend – even though a week on the streets is so much longer than most you and I realize. Kent and Edward put my vision back on track, I don’t think they would even understand how much it meant to me.

(Amy and I went looking for Edward for over an hour on the 27th but we couldn’t find him. I still have his care package waiting for him in my car.)

We’ve got some cool things in store for September… just remember we are always accepting donations and they are GREATLY appreciated and needed right now!

July

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:11:43 +0000

So it’s been about five months now that I’ve juggled Noah’s Kitchen and a full-time job and I’ll tell ya what, it’s not easy. I attempt to make time to blog and I just can’t seen to make enough. So I guess instead of posting every event I’m going to keep you updated monthly. =)

Living in Conroe and traveling to Houston has its limits. The last couple of handouts have only been accomplished with the help of one of our newer volunteer’s Veronica. She lives on my side of town and has graciously donated not only her time but her vehicle to help us get things to and from each meet-up. We have grown (and this is a great thing!) and things just weren’t fitting in the Fiesta anymore. I spent weeks deciding what was the best thing to do (I also ran things by both Mark and Amber who won the car for us in the first place – I think their support on the move is what actually sealed the deal for me. They both put an immense amount of work and time into winning the Fiesta to donate to us.) and after much deliberation we traded in the Fiesta for a vehicle with 5 times more space and comparable gas mileage. We’ve had it for a few weeks now and it’s working out beautifully. We’re also able to get everything we need to the handouts in one trip and in one vehicle. Over all I think it was an awesome decision!

July 10th we had our volunteer and friend Corbin join us with his Bible study group from Houston First Baptist. What a great bunch of people to get to work with! We look forward to working together with you all soon.

July 22nd marked the second Food Truck Friday (crawl) and the first of three events where Hillary Hayden kindly donated $1 dollar from each ticket to the event sold. (The following dates were August 12th and 28th.)

July 24th we had a smaller handout (food-wise) due to the heat. We had a wonderful turnout but were left wondering where everyone hides. We’re on a mission to find out. If you have any ideas please let us know. We are looking to expand our handout areas and your input would help us greatly!

Back in the groove of things…

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:31:32 +0000

Though the work we do can be very sad and sometimes heart breaking, you won’t see any sad pictures here today. I want you to see the teamwork and joy that our volunteers experience at one of our meet-ups.

Jenni’s Noodle House in the Heights is out new “home” for a while and our first handout there was awesome. We had a beautiful turnout of 21 volunteers with MANY new face and served well over 400 meals. If this is a glimpse of what is in store for the rest of the year, I’m quite excited!

If you would like to join us in helping others please see our volunteer opportunities and feel free to join us. Also I can use help here and there throughout the week with other various tasks as everything we do is a group effort.

We are still GREATLY in need of WATER, PEANUT BUTTER, and GAS CARDS.

Thank you Frances Parker for these BEAUTIFUL photos that capture the fun part of what we do. <3

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Miss Ursula

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:11 +0000

Last week we had a Senior reach out to us needing help with food. I asked friends on Twitter and Facebook for help. We had a sweet soul donate a gift card and today we’re going to match it. This morning Noah and I are going to pick our Senior up, take her to lunch, then take her grocery shopping. She is without transportation and on a fixed income so we are also going to connect her with a couple of organizations that may be able to get her groceries on a set schedule and also provide her rides to pick up. Until her transportation is arranged, I will be picking her up once a month to get her to the pantries that will pick up in assisting her in her needs. Noah and I are looking forward to meeting our new friend today =)

Grateful for Greatfull Taco!

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:12:10 +0000

The last few weeks we have been working with Greatfull Taco. Thanks to Katharine S. for sending them in our direction, we have already been able to feed well over 200 people. Paul West is a very generous and kind individual who is very big on helping and giving back to the community and once again he called me and I stopped by Wednesday around 3:00pm to pick up a car full of brisket, tilapia, and tortillas. I was up until 2am cooking beans and prepping before I had to retire for the night. I woke back up at 5am to get back at it until Caroline arrived. From 8-12 Caroline and I busted our tails finishing the beans, shredding pork, and putting together over 250 meals. I even burned out the motor on my Cuisinart =( Caroline and I hauled tail from Conroe to Houston to meet the rest of the volunteers at Jenni’s Noodle House in the Heights. We had a few first time volunteers including Caroline, Joey, Kevin, Amy, and a couple of our regular volunteers Melissa and Abigail joined us as well. Being a Thursday this was a little out of the norm for us. We hit our usual spots that were far less concentrated than I was used to and hit a few new places as well. We finished the day around 5pm and served well over 250 meals. I can’t express enough what it means to me to have so many new friends and caring hearts help out on such short notice!

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It’s all good in the Noodlehood.

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:35:41 +0000

So post before last I told you we had our prep/home situation figured out. It’s pretty cool actually.

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks talking and working out details with Jenni of Jenni’s Noodle House thanks to the suggestion of a little birdie, er… black sheep. She is an absolutely wonderful woman who’s has been giving back to the community for quite a long time.

We are getting back to our roots and meeting once again, every other Sunday to help Houston’s less fortunate. Our new time is a little earlier – 9:00am. Since we normally go out to eat after our handouts, Jenni’s Noodle House will be our new lunch spot as well!

The rest of our 2011 handout dates can be found here.

The next handout (and the following ones…) will be 6/12/11 at the Heights location and we couldn’t be more excited to work with her and Bailey for the next while. Children are still more than welcome so if you would like to set up a company/school/church/VBS handout please don’t hesitate to contact me.

We’re so very grateful for this opportunity while we save money and hopefully get our first grant and FINALLY get our own place!

Thank you so very much Jenni!!

Neat-O!

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:50:24 +0000

It’s always cool to see yourself on the side of a building. Big crawfish party this weekend at Pearl Bar on Saturday! Noon to six pm. Here’s the official invite if you’d like to attend. It benefits us! $20 AYCE, drink specials, and live music all day.

I actually saw a picture of this on Twitter before I got the ‘official’ photo. =)

Last Sunday.

Amber Rodriguez — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:49:32 +0000

Now I understand not everyone uses Facebook and Twitter so some of you have been left in the dark, I do apologize.

Things didn’t work out for us at the Bread of Life, like we had hoped. We weren’t able to afford the types of meals that their clients were used to receiving. The hours didn’t fit well for those with school age children (on a school night) and we didn’t have the direct connection with the less fortunate that I want to keep, for always. The staff and volunteers there are awesome and we will always be there to lend a hand and volunteer with them whenever we can. It just wasn’t the right fit for us.

So we have been in limbo on a “home” for the last few weeks. (But no worries, we have a solution! The next post will be up shortly. )

Erika and I met a few weeks ago to discuss some idea she had for helping the community and working together on these “top secret ideas” At the end of our meeting she extended her and her husband Jed’s home to us for our next handout to prepare the meals and also discuss ideas as a group and also brainstorm with other volunteers.

This past Sunday we got back into the swing of things with some new volunteers. We had a “small” handout this weekend. We prepared right at 300 both hot and cold meals and hit most of our usual spots. This week was really cool because not only did Erika and Jed extend their home to us, we had another new volunteer Christina. The collaboration of minds was seriously awesome and with all of their advice and suggestions, I have plenty of fuel for motivation!

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Chili Cookoff 2011

Amber Rodriguez — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:22:41 +0000

I almost don’t know where to begin. So, First off… THANK YOU. Second, I do apologize in the delay in posting.. I was waiting to get a few pictures from some of the fabulous photographers that donated their time to our event and to meet with our last silent auction bidder.

We came together Saturday with a common goal. To eat chili and have FUN, with a purpose. And we did.

Together we raised $2788!!!

Now on a more serious note, the money that is raised goes to different things – food, gas, insurances, operating supplies, and other necessary expenses. To simplify this number. $2788 breaks down to 4460 meals (both hot and cold) to Houston’s homeless community!

The Noah’s Kitchen 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff Winners

1st place team: The Holy Cowboys

2nd place team: The Kung Fu Cafe (For the second year running!)

3rd place team: Red Scare

People’s Choice team: Frosty and Wired Tight

This year was amazing in comparison to last year. From all the volunteers, judges, teams, talented musicians, donors, and attendees… we had beautiful turnout and made new friends, which I always find awesome

We also raised a TON of awareness thanks to those who helped us share on Facebook, Twitter, (and the rest of the interwebs) and especially Joann Takasaki and Fox 26 news.

I want to extend a special thanks David, Amy, Jessica, Mike, Andy, and James. I know a LOT of people put a LOT of work into this but these people went above and beyond. (‘Specially Amy with the bake sale :p)

A few of my favorite shots:

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More photos for your viewing pleasure =)

Mike’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahskitchen/sets/72157626685845068/

Trish Badger’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahskitchen/sets/72157626574532479/

Lida’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahskitchen/sets/72157626699303006/

Lida’s photo’s for purchase:

http://lidamathewsphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/noahs-kitchen.html

Amanda’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahskitchen/sets/72157626685775320/

Caroline’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/noahskitchen/sets/72157626700631122/

Gil’s Work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gilv/sets/72157626501565813/