Our Neighbors Without a Home Still Need Lunches: January 29, 2021
Many thanks to all of you who made bag lunches and delivered them to one of Evanston’s three locations for Connections for the Homeless. We are resuming our program on February 1 and have secured a grant which will allow us to contribute 600 more lunches!
We are encouraging people who have not done this before, to give it a try. Of course, everyone who has made lunches is invited to jump in again. Join the 25 folks who packed lunches last year and see how easy it is to make a contribution that is hugely appreciated by the men and women who receive it. Imagine what it is like to have no kitchen and no food. Then, you open a brown bag and find a fresh, tasty sandwich, fresh fruit, a juice box and a granola bar – Wow!
How do you get started?
- 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.
- Email Maggie Weiss to let her know the date and location you have chosen. msmaggie6@comcast.net.
- Pick up a bag with nonperishable components of 25 lunches from Carol Nielsen. This will contain juices, granola bars and condiments. carolnielsen2100@gmail.com
Then, you buy the fresh items you will use in your lunches – bread, meat, cheese,fresh fruit. We will pay for all the nonperishables; you will pay for the fresh items. We have found the best prices at Aldi, but shop wherever you want.
Spread a little love in the month of Valentine’s Day with bag lunches – and in March, too!
Questions? Please contact Sheila Holder at skholder8@gmail.com
Carol Nielsen, Maggie Weiss, Sheila Holder