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We are still running our Stick it to Hunger food drive through the entire month of April!! Bring your donated items to our EBT/SNAP table and receive 2 RDFM stickers!
But that's not the only good news... We know you loved the Traveling Barnyard every first Saturday of the month, so now we are looking to expand our kid activities at the market by kicking off our Little Sprouts program! Every second Saturday of the month, we will be offering a different free activity for the kids; from coloring pages, seed planting, to creating their own bird feeders!
OH SNAP! Before we forget, our supplemental nutrition programs are expanding! We will now be offering DOUBLE UP OKLAHOMA (AKA DUO) this year! This program provides EBT recipients up to $20 a day to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables!
Our Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program is now accepting applications! This program provides qualifying seniors with a $50 card to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables! You can apply online at https://oklac.org/ebt. You may also stop by the Rose District Farmers Market booth at the Senior Health and Resource Fair on April 28th at Central Park Community Center or call our Farmers Market Facilitator at 918-259-7000 ext 7421!
Entertainment
STEVE LIDDELL
Steve Liddell is a singer-songwriter based out of Tulsa, OK who brings his own brand of original music mixing Folk, Rock, Jazz, Reggae and Roots/Americana. He has performed shows from coast to coast and on the islands of Hawai'i, as well as toured in Europe and Latin America.
Liddell’s awards include Spot Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter and a nomination for the Spot Music Award Best Album of the Year for his previous record GOODLOVE.
*Winner of Tulsa's Spot Music Award - Best Singer/Songwriter
Performances start at 9AM and continue until noon!
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Permanent Diaper Relief
The Origin of PDR
Permanent Diaper Relief started as a for-profit small business. Madelaine Martin had her first child and realized quickly how efficient and cost-effective cloth diapers were to her family, so a year later she opened up Cheeky Things, a diaper service. After a few years as a business owner, Martin was discouraged by the small margin of families she was able to serve due to her business structure.
When the quarantine orders of Covid-19 came into effect, Martin reached out to her community and gathered all of the pre-loved diapers she could find. She began distributing these diapers in quantities of 10 in order to relieve families from worrying about the diaper shortage that crippled many homes with uncertainty during the first few weeks of the pandemic.
Within three weeks, Martin distributed 400 diapers among 40 families. Shortly after the diaper shortage seized, Martin realized that as long as there is poverty, there will be diaper need, and she decided to continue her efforts on a more permanent basis, restructuring her business to a nonprofit organization that could serve her entire community.
Since its establishment in 2020, PDR has expanded to multiple programs focusing on empowerment and self-sufficiency through education and sustainable products.
Sustainable Services
Free cloth diaper programs, menstrual hygiene initiatives, diaper service options, and cloth diaper rentals comprise a majority of our programs as we empower individuals to take control of their basic needs.
Through our support programs, we save anywhere from $200 a year in menstrual hygiene products to $3,000 in diaper expenses.
Our environmental impact leaves over 2,000 pounds of waste out of the landfills per baby, and over 360 tampons out of the landfill per year.
Our Mission
Our mission with every PDR program is to empower women and families, promote self-sufficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Our Vision
A thriving environment for families and individuals through birth, menstruation, and parenthood.
Our Values
Women and children are at the forefront of every effort.
Women and families deserve clean and healthy essential items.
Reusing and recycling products is imperative to a healthy future
We take pride in re-inventive methods that reduce our carbon footprint.
Diversity and inclusion allows for a safe space among all community members. PDR does not discriminate based on religion, race, gender, or sexual preference
Effective parenting can only take place once basic needs are met
A Message from Maddy Martin, founder of PDR: Hey there friends, families, supporters of @pdroklahoma ! Maddy (founder) here! It’s been a while since I showed myself, so I thought I’d pop in. I (with the board of directors) founded this organization three years ago during the first stretch of Covid-19. Before the transition to a nonprofit, I spent two years of trial and error learning the ins and outs of cloth diapers, effective diaper materials, washing methods and chemicals, and a creating modern service that fits the modern lifestyle (from the ground up). The transition to a nonprofit was an important effort, because I firmly believe diapers should never be one of the long list of stressors for a parent (99 problems - diapers ain’t one. That’s my motto), and at the time, diapers were FLYING off shelves and the certainties of life were everything but clear. Now, we continue our efforts because diaper need is far from removed from our society. We solve the diaper need crisis through three different programs, but the most important program to me is the diaper support program, because it provides a permanent and sustainable solution to diaper need (the last thing a tired parent wants to do is ask for help over and over and over for the same thing… it’s demoralizing and a hard hit to esteem, if you ask me). With our diaper support program alone, we help save over $3,000 per baby, which is SO huge (consider yourself privileged if you don’t think so). My passion for helping put control (and money) back into the hands of families is the only reason this organization is still running (plus a lot of life preservers when we need them most, and some amazing operational support). The number of small businesses that have closed their doors this year is staggering, and we aren’t far from following in those footsteps. I’m a busy, working mom of a growing family, and funding has been harder and harder to come by. We have some AMAZING partnerships in the works that I believe will be our lifeline to surviving these tough times. Until then, please be patient with us and our team. We are working at capacity, and some of us are running off passion alone.
Thanks for reading and supporting!
 Vendor Spotlight
Farm/Business Visit
Deb’s Garden Delights
Chouteau Mazie, after school teacher and micro farmer Debbie Shanks is known for her flowers, both cut and potted, crops, baked goods & jams & jellies. Farming comes naturally for her, and you could even say it is in her blood, as her father was a cotton farmer that taught all 11 of his children how to farm! Deb also has experience having, once upon a time, worked on an 80-acre commercial farm. She has worked in Tulsa, Muskogee, Mayes & Creek Counties in Oklahoma and noted that Mayes County seems to be the most difficult land to farm. Struggles she has mentioned in the past are, “One year is never the same. You have to adapt every year to the weather. What works one year might not work the next year and that includes the different varieties of crops. That’s why we just keep tilling and planting.” Deb has a beautiful red tiller that she proudly refers to as her “best friend,” (which I’m sure many a farmer can agree with)! She also keeps in crops for as long as possible by rotating her crops, as one goes out of season, she plants a different crop with different soil needs to keep the soil healthy and to be able to provide crops to the community for as long as possible.
Deb is also no stranger to Farmers’ Markets having worked her first in 1986 at the Brady Street Farmers’ Market, located downtown by the old spaghetti warehouse. She said that on various occasions and times in her life, all four of her children have worked with her at Farmers’ Markets. She has been a part of the Rose District Farmers’ Market for the past 9 years as Shanks farm, Two Sisters Farm and now Deb’s Garden Delights. She has so many memories of farmers’ markets such as, “the market right after 911 was such a quiet market. You could tell something in the world had happened, but the community was still there.” Her memory of the Rose District market on Saturday June 6, 2020, the first after the pandemic closed the market for a time, was that “you couldn’t keep anything on the tables!”
Deb has collaborated with Cherokee Nation to educate people on food and how to grow food to feed themselves. Cherokee Nation gave money to put in two raised beds at the Chouteau Mazie school to try to keep farm-to-school food in the cafeteria. The Cherokee Nation was also able to send Deb to the sustainable convention in Mobile, Alabama about 6 years ago. Deb stated, “working at a school I’ve been able to teach children where food comes from & even taught the kids how to make strawberry jam!” When it comes to her jams & jellies that sell out, or nearly sell out, every week, Deb let us know that when making them, it gives her a way to remember her late mother, who would have been 99 years young this year. She said her mom taught her about food and how to feed herself (and now others!).
When asked about what she loves about the market Deb mentions the esteem she holds for all her fellow vendors, “it takes so much effort to load the car, unload it, set up, work the market then reload & go back home. I know the effort (& love) it takes for anyone to be there & you have to want to be there to show up.” As far as customers in Broken Arrow she notes that you can really see peoples joy in the vendors being there for them & she just enjoys meeting people and helping them learn how they can do things for themselves to better their lives & “at the Farmers’ market I meet people that make a huge, positive impact on my life.” But there was one thing she said that I believe to be the most relatable to everyone that is part of the market, “On Saturday morning, when I turn the corner onto Main Street, I feel like I've come home.”
Deb’s Garden Delights is at the Rose District Farmers’ Market every Saturday, under the pavilion in the NE corner. Come on out and she would be happy to answer any questions you have & sell you some of her delightful jams & jellies which go fantastic with biscuits!
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Where Opportunity Lives
City of Broken Arrow Table
Throughout the season, the City of Broken Arrow will be rotating a booth for the various departments/divisions. We hope this gives the citizens a chance to ask questions or learn more about each department.
Saturday, June 17, 2023
SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING
Saturday, June 24, 2023
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Saturday, July 8, 2023
SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING
Saturday, July 15, 2023
UTILITIES
Saturday, July 22, 2023
ENGINEERING - STORM WATER
Saturday, July 29, 2023
PARKS
Saturday, August 5, 2023
COMMUNICATIONS
Saturday, August 12, 2023
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Saturday, September 9, 2023
STREET DEPARTMENT
Saturday, September 16, 2023
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Saturday, September 23, 2023
SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING
Saturday, September 30, 2023
TED TEAM
Saturday, October 7, 2023
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Saturday, October 14, 2023
TED TEAM
Saturday, October 21, 2023
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Upcoming Events
1st Saturday of Every Month - Traveling Barnyard, 9AM-10:30 AM
*Times may vary due to heat/animal exhaustion*
2nd Saturday of Every Month- Little Sprouts Activity
Free kids activities from seed planting, coloring pages, and DIY bird feeders!
July- Buy Fresh BA, Through July, our vendors will be passing out tickets to for up to every $10 spent at the market for the chance to win three Farmers Market baskets filled with donations from our very own vendors! We will draw for the winners on the first Saturday of August to kick off National Farmers Market Week!
August 4th- National Farmers Market Week, Traveling Barnyard, Photo Booth, and the drawing of Buy Fresh BA!
October 29th- Halloween at the Market, While supplies last, our vendors will be passing out Halloween candy to all the Trick-or-Treaters!
Recipe Corner
There is nothing like hand-picking your fresh locally grown produce to create vibrant home cooked meals.
Here in the Recipe Corner, we would like to make it a little easier to cook through the seasons!
ONIE PROJECT-PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Time: 90 minutes
Servings: 36
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 3 Tbsp non-fat plain Greek yogurt
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a large bowl add peanut butter, oil & sugars. Whisk until blended.
3. Add eggs, yogurt & vanilla to peanut butter mixture. Whisk until combined.
4. In a separate bowl, add flour, cocoa, oats, baking soda & salt. Whisk together.
5. Gradually add dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture until blended. (It will be sticky.)
6. Stir in chocolate & peanut butter chips.
7. Place a heaping tablespoon of dough on ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
8. Slightly flatten each cookie with the bottom of a glass or spoon.
9. Bake 8-10 min, or until they are set and tops appear cracked.
10. Remove from sheet & cool.
Tips
Try using a different nut butter like almond butter to change up the flavor.
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Weekend Forecast
The forecast for this Saturday is partly sunny with a high of 90 degrees.
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