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Meals - Winter Warming Station

DETAILS:

The LUM Winter Warming Station need meals each day/night from Nov. 15 – April 15. The LTHC & LUM Shelter Annex needs meals when it is open. 

GUIDELINES – Providing Simple Bagged Meals

• Drop Off Information
  • Day/Date – Drop off the meals on the weekday for which you signed up
  • TIME – between 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
  • LOCATION – LUM Office, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN
• MEALS – Prepare 40 bagged meals (like a school lunch) containing one of each of the following:
  • Sandwich that doesn’t need refrigeration (prepared, individually wrapped) — Peanut butter & jelly, ham & cheese, turkey & cheese, peanut butter & honey -OR- Other ideas: Ready-to-eat TUNA packs -OR- Vienna sausages (small can)
  • Salty snack – chips, pretzels, cracker packs with cheese or peanut butter
  • Sweet snack – Dessert snacks, Twinkie, rice treat, cookies
  • “Later” Snack – Chewy Granola bar, Cereal bars, Soft snack bars (avoid nuts and crunchy granola bars)
  • Fruit/veggie – apple, orange, mandarin orange, fruit cup (with plastic spoon), carrots, apple-sauce cups
  • Drink – Bottled water – OR- Pouch/box drink (Capri Sun)
  • Utensils – Napkin, Plastic fork and spoon
• Label Bags – put the DATE on the bag & feel free to have children (or adults) color or draw happy pictures on the bags
• Please note – If you provide deli meat sandwiches, they are served within two hours. If sandwiches will not be used within two hours, they are frozen for use at a later time. Variety is great, from day to day, but ready-to-eat tuna packets & tins of Vienna sausage are great too.

Planning and preparing a meal is a great activity for families, church groups, campus organizations and civic groups.  LUM makes a conscious effort to make sure the food served is nutritious, but basic. LUM is grateful for your generosity.

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