The Block

Stone Soup Kitchen · Community Garden Network

The Block

Your block. Your power.

A free kitchen. A community garden. Tools to take care of each other. Built in Quincy. Owned by you.

No one eats alone.

Come to the table. No questions. No cost. We take care of each other.

What The Block is

Free Food

Come to the table. No questions, no ID, no cost. We share what we have — and no one eats alone.

Your Vote

Every decision about the kitchen, the garden, and the land is made by the community. You vote. Your vote counts.

You Own It

We build it and run it for five years. Then the land, kitchen, and gardens transfer to your community nonprofit — at zero cost, permanently.

How it works

1
Show Up

Come eat. Meet your neighbors.

2
Volunteer

Give a shift. Whatever fits your life.

3
Vote

Shape what your block does.

4
Own It

Elect your board. Yours in 5 years.

The full suite

Ten community services under one block.

The Block is the umbrella. Stone Soup Kitchen (FoodJoos) is the physical anchor; the Joos apps are the digital tools — three live today, seven on the way. Free to the community, built and maintained on the Foundation's behalf.

FoodJoos

Flagship

Stone Soup Kitchen & Community Gardens — the free kitchen + garden and The Block's physical anchor. Building in Quincy, IL.

The model →

BrainJoos

Live

A private daily mood tracker and mental-health check-in. Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-friendly. No ads, no data sales.

brainjoos.com →

LoveJoos

Live

Queer-first. Kink-inclusive. Human-scale. Free dating and community — free forever, no pay-to-message.

lovejoos.com →

ArtJoos

Live

Real art from verified artists. Every seller identity-verified — and artists keep 90%.

artjoos.art →

WorkJoos

In development

Work that pays.

HomeJoos

In development

Homes out of the houses already sitting empty.

HealthJoos

In development

Care you don't have to drive for.

ImmigrantJoos

In development

Help with zero identity stored, ever — enforced by design.

PowerJoos

In development

Community-owned power.

NetJoos

In development

Community-owned internet, plus off-grid mesh for emergencies.

Coming soon to Quincy

The Town Hall

Register now and submit your questions in advance. We read every one.

This is step one — showing how many of us want this. Strong turnout is how we take it to the city, county, and state and make it real.

How does direct democracy work? › The full vision ›

Project 2032 is an initiative of WOPR Systems LLC. The W.O.P.R. Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) that supports the vision but does not operate, fund, or direct it.

What is Folkmoot? ›

By registering you join The Block. We'll keep you in the loop on the town hall and ways to pitch in — a volunteer shift, or a donation to the Foundation to make this real. Never sold, never shared. Unsubscribe anytime.

After you register: ✓ you're a verified Folkmoot voter — a private voting key, your power to vote, held by you and no one else.

Stone Soup Kitchen · Free. Always. — a project of The WOPR Foundation™ · Delaware 501(c)(3)