March Madness: March 5, 2021

I BET YOU THOUGHT “MARCH MADNESS” MEANT BASKETBALL

Good guess, but in our UCE world, it means a final power push to provide 12 more days of bagged lunches for the folks served by Evanston’s Connections for the Homeless. So far, we’ve scored over 1,000 fresh meals delivered and with 300 more we have a slam-dunk to finish up the season.

For everyone who has been contributing to this effort since last October, Bravo! – and a great big Thank You!  This is a very satisfying project that can be done by volunteers who want to help, but need to avoid close contact with the public. It can be done by one person, or you can get together with a partner to share the tasks (and fun – put on the music while you make sandwiches).  Dribbling while you dance is optional.

We’re here to help you score your own 3-pointer.

     How do you get started? 

1. 1. Choose a day (Mon. through Fri.) from the calendar on the Connections website,
      Connect2home.org  Go to ‘volunteer’, ‘make bag lunches’, ‘sign up to prepare bag lunches to one of our locations’. This is also where you choose the location you prefer. 
   2. Email Maggie Weiss at msmaggie6@comcast.net to let her know the date and location you have chosen.
   3. Pick up a bag with nonperishable components of 25 lunches from Carol Nielsen. 

This will contain juices, granola bars, condiments and individual bags for sandwiches and lunches.  carolnielsen2100@gmail.com

Then, you buy the fresh items you will use in your lunches – bread, meat, and cheese to make sandwiches, and fresh fruit. We will pay for the non-perishables; you will pay for the fresh foods. We have found the best prices at ALDI, but shop wherever you choose.

For a more detailed shopping guide, please click the button below..  

The cost of fresh foods for one lunch is about $1.54, so you can do 25 lunches for under $40.

Need coaching? Please contact Sheila Holder at skholder8@gmail.com

From Carol Nielsen, Maggie Weiss, Sheila Holder