Offering a Meal to 30 Great Kids

Blaze, many of the adult members of our congregation, and our good friend Sarah, spent their Monday afternoon helping Virginia Beach United Methodist Church with its wonderful after school program that provides about 30 elementary school age kids a place to study and do their homework. At about 5 PM the kids break from their studies to have a meal that is often provided by volunteers from other area churches. (If your church thinks it might be interested in helping with a meal the point of contact at VB UMC is Lesley Davis.)

For future planning we have learned a few things about preparing the meal:
1) Kids get thirsty. We made about 8 quarts of lemonade (Country Time 19 oz container) and used 1 gallon of chocolate milk.
2) Ranch dressing is essential to get kids to eat their vegies.
3) Dinner Rolls are very popular. Needed about 48 rolls (3 packages of 16)
4) Costco's Kirkland brand Lasagnas come in two sizes. The smaller ones are roughly the same cost per serving as the larger ones, but take half the time to prepare.

LOVE NEVER FAILS.