MISSION:

To provide nourishing meals to anyone who needs them every three months at the Salvation Army in Framingham.

HOW IT WORKS:

Members and friends prepare meat loaves ahead of time and deliver them to the church before 2 pm the day of the dinner. The dinner coordinator buys the other components of the meal (vegetables and dessert) and another volunteer prepares macaroni and cheese. All food is brought to the Salvation Army in the afternoon. Dinner is served promptly at 6 PM. Volunteers cook dinner, serve it to the guests, and clean up. Anywhere from 60 to 100 guests may be served. Any unused meat loaves are frozen and saved for the next dinner.

UU PRINCIPLES:

Speak out for Children ­ 1996 General Resolution - Therefore be it resolved that the Unitarian Universalist Association shall act and urge its affiliates, member societies, and individual Unitarian Universalists to: support children in their rights to adequate food..

Ending Hunger ­ 1987 General Resolution - Be it further resolved: That Unitarian Universalists work with organizations on local, state, provincial, national, and international levels toward the establishment of programs that hasten the elimination of hunger in both the short and long term . . .

SCHEDULE:

The UU Area Church shares the fourth Wednesday of each month with the two other Sherborn churches. Therefore, we are responsible for one dinner every three months.

PARTICIPATION:

Anyone can participate. Volunteers are needed to prepare meat loaves, set up and serve dinner, and clean up.

GUIDELINES:

Meat loaves should be thoroughly cooked in disposable aluminum pans, and wrapped in aluminum foil, not plastic.

CONTACTS:

Joan Hunter: (508) 533-6202 or jbh_11@verizon.net