We had a great meeting on the 16th! The menu has been finalized, with the exception of a baked hashbrown recipe and we are still undecided on the sausages. The menu will include French Toast, a Christmas Breakfast Casserole (made with eggs, cheese and bacon), hashbrowns and fresh fruit. For substitutions, we will offer pancakes, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs and a 'Piggy Bake' (made with sausage and corn bread). We will also have milk, orange and apple juice, coffee and tea.
We met two new volunteers at this month's meeting! A Senior at White River joined the group along with her mom! So great to know that the word is getting out to the high school students. Hopefully we will be overcome with Juniors and Seniors at the meeting on October 21st!. I brought up the idea of baked goods in jelly jars for take-home gifts...and it's a go! Now all we need to do is come up with at least 100 half pint and 25-50 pint sized canning jars. I am thinking of offering the students extra credit in return for donated jars. One way or another, we have to obtain our supplies, and the cheaper the better. It would be wonderful if we could get all of the needed jars donated! Donation letters have finally been successfully printed and are going out tomorrow. I know how close we are cutting it, so I have begun to buy supplies bit by bit with each trip to the grocery store. Unfortunately, the bulk of the items needed are perishable and cannot be obtained ahead of time. But if the donations are not secured, we will handle it and move forward. We have already planned for the worst case scenario....although we hope that we will not have to go that route. All of us have families, and I'm really hoping to keep the out-of-pocket expenses to an extreme minimum. So, now it's officially only 3 months to go. So much to do, and so little time!
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