Opportunity Details | Provide a Dinner

Provide a Dinner

THANK YOU for providing a meal for the guests at the Family House!

Thanks to you, the Family House is "more than just a place to stay."

 

Here is how you can help:

• Dinners are served at 5:30, Monday through Thursday. 
• Use this online calendar to sign up for a date that works for you. 
• When you register, you will be asked to indicate:
  
  • Group name (if applicable)
  • Planned menu
  • Whether you plan to:
    
    • 1) prepare/order food offsite and drop it off by 4:45.
    • 2) prepare/order food offsite and send 1-8 volunteers to serve it at the Family House at 5:30.
    • 3) send 1-8 volunteers to prepare and serve the meal at 5:30 in the Family House kitchen. 
• Provide a meal and drinks for 45-50 people.
  
  • Meals that are dropped off need to arrive at the Family House by 4:45pm.
  • All food that is dropped off needs to be in disposable containers.

 

Helpful tips:

• Meals may be prepared in the kitchen or delivered ready to serve. 
• Groups may send up to 8 volunteers to prepare and serve the meals. Volunteers are usually finished cleaning up by 6:30.
• Meals may be individually packaged or delivered in large pans/boxes/trays for volunteers to put onto plates.
• If the food is not already individually packaged, we ask that volunteers limit dinners to 1 entree, 1-2 sides, and 1 dessert.
• Please bring paper plates/bowls that suit your menu, napkins, and plasticware when possible. 
• Drinks are very helpful. Bottles of water work great. Or, you can bring a gallon jug each of tea, lemonade, and water along with cups. We have an ice machine at the Family House.

Examples of menus:

• Club sandwiches, small bags of chips, clementines or Cuties, and brownies.
• Pans of baked chicken, pans of green beans, pans of mac & cheese, and a sheet cake.
• Pans of chicken casserole, pans of steamed mixed veggies, rolls, and pans of blueberry cobbler.
• 11 large pizzas, large bags of prepared salad with small packets of dressing, and cookies.

You'll receive confirmation and reminders from the Family House.

 

If you find that you need to cancel, please contact Lindley.Curtis@familyhousews.org (336-793-2822) at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled meal. Please do not only delete your registration directly through our online registration process because we may not catch changes in time. 

 

If you don't find a date that works for you, please consider making a donation in the form of a gift card or a monetary donation that is designated for meals. Here's the link to make a monetary donation.

 

Questions? Please contact Lindley.Curtis@familyhousews.org or 336-793-2822. 

 

Thank you so much for your support!

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Provide a Dinner