Feed the Hospitals - Update 4/18

First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE SPEEDY AND POSITIVE RESPONSE!!!

I want to let everyone know that we have a good amount coming in for most categories, but there's still room if you've been waiting to see where the needs are. 

After several good questions and suggestions, I wanted to update you on a few items.

1. Veggies... We renamed the "Vegetarian Option" to "Non-starch / Vegetarian Option." I think what we are going for in this category is something that will add color and flavor variety to the meal. Several of you had offered a type of vegetable salad that fits really well with this category, so we moved it over. (Go take a look at what's listed to get some ideas of what fits in that category) We could still add 1 or 2 pans if you'd like to make something in that department. 

2. Pans... We have purchased some aluminum pans through some donations that came in, so you can pick up a pan (or 2) at the church to prepare your food in (or we can deliver). We thought it might help with the delivery and service if we had similarly sized pans. (I will be at the church Sunday morning by 9:30am and will likely stay until 12:45 if you'd like to get pans tomorrow)

3. Delivery... If you are preparing something that needs to be refrigerated and would like to deliver early, you can bring it to the church Tuesday (I will let you know a time window soon.) and we will make space in the fridge there. If your dish needs to be warmed, we have some limited oven space to do that for you, so please let us know early that you will need us to do that. If so, you can also deliver Tuesday and we will reheat Wednesday morning.  If it needs neither heating nor refrigeration, you can also deliver Tuesday at the church and we will collect it with the other dishes as well.  If you plan to bring it Wednesday morning, we will be leaving the church at 9:00am to meet Richard and go make deliveries to the hospitals.  (I think that will be the simplest way to handle it. Let me know if you have other questions.)

4. Funds... We have had several donations come in. If you need money to participate, don't hesitate to ask; it has already been given and we'd like to put it to use.

5. Cards... We want everyone who participates to sign cards for the staff at each hospital.  Those will be available at the church during designated drop off times, so don't forget to sign the card! 

6. Needs... We are estimating the amounts coming in as best we can. From the look of things, we could probably still use a little more in each of the Beans, Potatoes, and Other Veggie categories. It looks like we will be good on Desserts and Water.  Visit the list here to see where it stands now.  I have also added a category for a couple of people to help with delivery Wednesday morning. 

Again, let me say THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping with this! Let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions.

JP Jobe,
Pastor to the best people on earth!