Cooking for a Community Fridge

[MaryIsobel]

I have made a committment to myself that starting in December, I'm going to do birthday cake kits for our local food bank. I hate the thought of any child going without a birthday cake. A kit contains a 9x13 foil pan, a box of cake mix,a can of pop/soda (which can sub for the oil and eggs called for in the cake mix instructions) a can of frosting, a package of candles, some sprinkles and a package of balloons and maybe streamers or some little toys. For December, I will focus on Christmas, with red and green sprinkles and balloons and streamers. Just waiting to hear back from the food bank as to whether or not  I can include sprinkles re-packaged in baggies.

[patti]

9 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

I have made a committment to myself that starting in December, I'm going to do birthday cake kits for our local food bank. I hate the thought of any child going without a birthday cake. A kit contains a 9x13 foil pan, a box of cake mix,a can of pop/soda (which can sub for the oil and eggs called for in the cake mix instructions) a can of frosting, a package of candles, some sprinkles and a package of balloons and maybe streamers or some little toys. For December, I will focus on Christmas, with red and green sprinkles and balloons and streamers. Just waiting to hear back from the food bank as to whether or not  I can include sprinkles re-packaged in baggies.

 

Yay! I know you’re going to make some families very happy. So many have to go without the fun extras, and I know it must hurt, both as a parent, not to be able to provide for your kids, and as a child, not getting to feel special on their birthday. Thank you.

Edited 5 hours ago by patti (log)

[patti]

Even though I haven’t decided on this week’s CFM (but have an idea), I think I’ve decided what I’ll do for Thanksgiving week. It would seem obvious that I’d do some kind of Thanksgiving themed meal, like roasting a turkey or baking a ham and making a few traditional sides. But I’m thinking that during Thanksgiving week, school kids will be home and maybe I should make lots and lots of sandwiches, instead. There are numerous places offering free Thanksgiving meals (one place says they are preparing 5,000 meals), so this would be different. Not that I’m trying to be different, just trying to be practical.

I’m not sure if I would do them as bag lunches or just packs of sandwiches, but pictured is a bag lunch I’ve done in the past. The sandwich was PB&J, but I could do a variety.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a pic from a community fridge in Oshkosh. Inspiring!

 

Edited 5 hours ago by patti (log)

[Darienne]

9 hours ago, MaryIsobel said:

I have made a committment to myself that starting in December, I'm going to do birthday cake kits for our local food bank. I hate the thought of any child going without a birthday cake. A kit contains a 9x13 foil pan, a box of cake mix,a can of pop/soda (which can sub for the oil and eggs called for in the cake mix instructions) a can of frosting, a package of candles, some sprinkles and a package of balloons and maybe streamers or some little toys. For December, I will focus on Christmas, with red and green sprinkles and balloons and streamers. Just waiting to hear back from the food bank as to whether or not  I can include sprinkles re-packaged in baggies.

This is terrific!!!  Hooray for you and Patti and all the others who make similar commitments.