WOW! We are two days away from being the very delight of someone's day. Thank you all for your outpouring of service in whatever way you have volunteered. It has been a complete joy to see all of this come together - and we haven't even gotten to the really good part yet :-)
Many, if not all, of you have received a confirmation from me this week on what you are bringing. If there are any questions or you did not get an email from me - feel free to reach out to me and we'll make sure you are connected.
FOOD PREP: Please have food cooked and in the case of turkeys, carved into a foil container would be great. If all foods are given to us in foil containers - it will make any reheating necessary much easier. But - at the end of the day - you are gracious enough to cook it - and we'll make it work however we get it !!!
DROP SITES: Below are a list of drop spots. If something comes up and you need to drop off to someone - please feel free to contact any of the individuals below and they can help coordinate with you.
Mike & Nikki Kilbane (Castle Rock)
mikekilbane@mac.com or nikkikilbane@mac.com
Cathie Brunnick (Lone Tree)
Email: cbrunnick@patheos.com
Lori Anne Emlong (Parker)
email: rldlemlong@comcast.net
Staci Cosby (Aurora)
email: staci.cosby@gmail.com
LOGISTICS:
For those who are bringing food and dropping it off at the event or also staying to help serve and work the event, please have your food at the Youth Center between 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm on Saturday, 11/21.
For those who have offered to serve, please plan to arrive at the Youth Center for a 2:30 pm meeting to make sure everything is in place when people start arriving at about 3:00 pm. We’ll need people to serve, help people find seats, clean up, help with the craft, and others just to “be social”.
Address:
Sun Valley Youth Center / Tha Myx
1230 Decatur St. Denver, CO 80204
*Take I-25 to 8th ave. Go West to Decatur St. Go North on Decatur St to West Holden Pl. We are on the South East Corner of Decatur & W. Holden Pl.
Sun Valley is an area roughly bordered by 6th Ave on the south, Invesco Field on the north, I-25 to the east and Federal on the west.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thanksgiving - Make a Difference
I am working with a team of people planning to support a Thanksgiving meal for the Sun Valley community on Saturday, November 21 starting at 3:00 PM. We are looking for volunteers to help purchase and prepare the food, as well as serve and support the event. As many of you know, Sun Valley is an urban Denver neighborhood that is one of the highest poverty and crime areas in the state. With this event, we hope to continue the great outreach Age Sandoval and his team from Tha Myx have done over the past few years.
We expect to serve close to 300 people from the community at the meal. To help us with planning, and to make it easier for me to count, we're asking people to sign up to provide food for 10 people (or 20 or 30, etc) in one or more of the categories below:
NUMBERS UPDATED 11/12/09 2:00 PM
If you could let me know if and how you would be interested in supporting this event, it would really help our planning. For example, if you could make potatoes for 30 people, please respond on the checklist for "Potatoes - Qty 3" which will mean that you are choosing to do Potatoes for 30 people. I've put the quantities in the checklist assuming each donation will serve 10 people. Once we get a solid list of contributors, we'll start making detailed logistic plans about pick-up, delivery, and the meal itself. I will send out updates along the way!
Support in any way you can - if you want to just donate - you can send me a check or drop food at my house and we'll make sure it gets prepared. If you just want to cook - we'll make it easy for you to drop it off at my house.
There's no better way to increase your gratitude than by increasing someone else's. Believe it or not - a helping of mashed potatoes to someone says "You are loved."
**NOTE: Saying yes to donating food or $$ - doesn't mean you need to participate for serving...only that you are willing to sign up for food. We'll update more details on actual serving in the next week or so.
We expect to serve close to 300 people from the community at the meal. To help us with planning, and to make it easier for me to count, we're asking people to sign up to provide food for 10 people (or 20 or 30, etc) in one or more of the categories below:
NUMBERS UPDATED 11/12/09 2:00 PM
|
| To Serve 300 | Qty Still Needed | Currently |
|
| (1 = 10 servings) | (1=10 servings) | Feeding |
| Turkey | 30 | 15 | 150 |
| Stuffing | 30 | 19
| 110
|
| Potatoes | 30 | 19 | 110 |
| Green Beans | 30 | 16 | 140 |
| Bread | 30 | 10 | 200 |
| Dessert | 30 | 9
| 210 |
| Drinks | 30 | 5
| 250
|
| Cups | 30
|
|
|
If you could let me know if and how you would be interested in supporting this event, it would really help our planning. For example, if you could make potatoes for 30 people, please respond on the checklist for "Potatoes - Qty 3" which will mean that you are choosing to do Potatoes for 30 people. I've put the quantities in the checklist assuming each donation will serve 10 people. Once we get a solid list of contributors, we'll start making detailed logistic plans about pick-up, delivery, and the meal itself. I will send out updates along the way!
Support in any way you can - if you want to just donate - you can send me a check or drop food at my house and we'll make sure it gets prepared. If you just want to cook - we'll make it easy for you to drop it off at my house.
There's no better way to increase your gratitude than by increasing someone else's. Believe it or not - a helping of mashed potatoes to someone says "You are loved."
**NOTE: Saying yes to donating food or $$ - doesn't mean you need to participate for serving...only that you are willing to sign up for food. We'll update more details on actual serving in the next week or so.
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