The Joyful Kitchen

10/11/2026

10/10/2026

The Joyful Kitchen is open and stocked with amazing things! Come visit today!

10/10/2026

Excited to greet everyone today and spread the JOY!

10/10/2026

🩵🤍💙 THE JOYFUL KITCHEN IS OPEN TODAY! 💙🤍🩵

AND… we have some small-town celebrities to introduce! 🩵🤍💙

🍎 TODAY IS DAWN SWEHLA DAY! 🍎

Dawn will be filling The Joyful Kitchen with quite the variety of baked goods and sweet indulgences! Let me give you a little peek at what she has in store!

🍩 Apple C***r Donuts
🥐 Kolaches
🍿 Caramel & Candied Popcorn
🍰 Angel Food Cake
🍪 MONSTER COOKIES!

You won't want to miss this delicious lineup! 🩵🤍💙

AND THEN… SUNDAY BRINGS EVEN MORE JOY! 🩵🤍💙

Please help me welcome Paula Greve Schoonover and Barb Tisue as our newest Joyful volunteers! 💙🤍🩵

I ask myself almost daily… WHY are people so nice to me? 🩵🤍💙

The kindness, encouragement, generosity, and willingness to help that continue to come my way leave me feeling incredibly blessed. Sometimes there simply aren't enough words to express how much it means to me.

SUMNER — A CITY WITH A FUTURE! 💙🤍🩵

I am SO blessed and JOYFUL for everyone's help this past month. You have reminded me that a community is so much more than a place on a map. It's the people who show up, lend a hand, offer encouragement, and believe in what someone is trying to build.

To everyone who has helped, encouraged me, volunteered, baked, supported, or simply shared a little kindness… THANK YOU! 🩵🤍💙

You are helping make The Joyful Kitchen something truly special, and I hope you know how much you are appreciated.

Come see us, enjoy a treat, meet our wonderful helpers, and share a little JOY!

My heart is full. My kitchen is JOYFUL. And I am so thankful for all of you! 🩵🤍💙

09/29/2026

Cookie Thursday~~Would it need to be renamed if a person I know (me) made apple crisp and pumpkin bars this Thursday??

Thinking we could do a little contest out of this?~~one name to be drawn from the apple crisp "box" and one name to be drawn from the pumpkin bars "box".

You know I will come up with a Joyous gift for those 2 people drawn.

Live Joyfully and bring Joy to others🩵🤍💙

09/24/2026

🩵🤍💙Here it is💙🤍🩵our exciting news🩵🤍💙

09/23/2026

Sorry. My back is still being my back. I'm closing a little bit early; but I hope to see everyone for Cookie Thursday 🍪 🩵🤍💙