motoeric
Babbling Farker
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2006
- Location
- huntington, ny
Hi!
On November 23rd members of the Brethren, families and friends will be assembling 50 Thanksgiving family meals for at-risk/homeless veterans and families dealing w/ breast cancer. This is our 5th year doing this and it grows in scope every year. Our goal is to provide one day where the recipients can relax and enjoy a day of bounty with family. It is tremendously sad that we've later found out on numerous occasions and in numerous years that this was the last holiday meal that a family had together.
We could use your help.
Here is how it works: Each volunteer makes a bunch of something. It may be 7 quarts of peas, 5 smoked turkeys, 4 dozen cookies, 8 quarts of carrots, whatever.
They take the item that they made to a hall on Deer Park Ave (exit 51 on the LIE) where the items are grouped by category (all the peas together, all the stuffing together, etc.) and the items are broken down into quarts and then are arrayed into family meals (each meal last year consisted of a smoked turkey, 6 quarts of side dishes, 3 appetizers and 3 desserts).
The meals are then delivered to those in need by volunteers from the charities. The families just need to reheat the food the next day (Thanksgiving) and they are good to go.
Here is the Facebook event page for what we are doing: https://www.facebook.com/events/187979548212469/
Here are some photos from last year:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10207804733347336&type=1&l=a9b6fe85fa
Thanks!
Eric
On November 23rd members of the Brethren, families and friends will be assembling 50 Thanksgiving family meals for at-risk/homeless veterans and families dealing w/ breast cancer. This is our 5th year doing this and it grows in scope every year. Our goal is to provide one day where the recipients can relax and enjoy a day of bounty with family. It is tremendously sad that we've later found out on numerous occasions and in numerous years that this was the last holiday meal that a family had together.
We could use your help.
Here is how it works: Each volunteer makes a bunch of something. It may be 7 quarts of peas, 5 smoked turkeys, 4 dozen cookies, 8 quarts of carrots, whatever.
They take the item that they made to a hall on Deer Park Ave (exit 51 on the LIE) where the items are grouped by category (all the peas together, all the stuffing together, etc.) and the items are broken down into quarts and then are arrayed into family meals (each meal last year consisted of a smoked turkey, 6 quarts of side dishes, 3 appetizers and 3 desserts).
The meals are then delivered to those in need by volunteers from the charities. The families just need to reheat the food the next day (Thanksgiving) and they are good to go.
Here is the Facebook event page for what we are doing: https://www.facebook.com/events/187979548212469/
Here are some photos from last year:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10207804733347336&type=1&l=a9b6fe85fa
Thanks!
Eric
