Lunches for Literacy -- Science Museum of Minnesota

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(Event cancelled)

Goal of Position:

Lunches for Literacy volunteers create nutritious lunches for the Simpson Housing Services K-5 Literacy Mentoring Program. Students and their mentors have a monthly opportunity to explore the Twin Cities through educational and exciting outings. These experiences include field trips to museums, volunteering, and creative hands on activities like pumpkins carving. Proper nutrition is vital for the students and their mentors to sustain themselves for the day to fully enjoy their experience. Volunteers purchase the food items needed for the lunches, prepare them offsite and then deliver to our administrative offices. Approximate cost is $100 - $120 for 20-35 lunches. This will vary depending on final number of lunches needed and where you choose to purchase items.

Timeframe

Delivery is the Friday before an outing. The ideal time for delivery is between 8:00 am - 2:15 pm.

Location

Deliver to Bell House - 2100 Pillsbury Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55404

Shopping List

Food Handling Materials

• Cleaning supplies (including plastic gloves, table covering, cleanser for preparation surface)
• Hand sanitizer if a sink and hand soap is not available in the room where you are preparing food
• A few permanent markers

Lunches

Your goal is to make hearty and delicious lunches that kids would like to eat. Quality is more important than quantity. The students enjoy roast beef, chicken, turkey, salami, and pastrami. They also enjoy bagels with plain cream cheese. Please do not purchase bologna. No condiments or vegetables on the sandwiches. Please do not make peanut butter and jelly, chicken salad, or tuna salad sandwiches.

Purchase enough of each item to make 20-35 lunches. Final count will be provided closer to the event.

• Paper lunch bags
• Sandwich bags
• Napkins
• Sandwiches - Basic sandwiches / tortilla wraps/bagels
• Juice Boxes - Prefer juice boxes with more juice than sugar
• Fruit/Vegetable servings; clementine, apple, banana, applesauce, or mini carrots with dip
• Please provide utensil, if needed.
• Individually pre-packaged snack; crackers, chips, cheese stick, etc.
• Individually pre-packaged treats; cookie, brownie, dried fruit, or chewy granola bar (optional)
• Small individual serving packets of mustard and mayo (optional).

Guidelines

• Minimum number of volunteers: 1.
• Maximum number of volunteers: 15.
• Children/youth groups must have a minimum adult to child ratio of 1:5.

Additional instructions and guidelines for preparation and delivery will be provided.

Please contact Marissa Heim ( mheim@simpsonhousing.org), Literacy Mentoring Coordinator or Nahrissa Rush ( nrush@simpsonhousing.org), Volunteer Coordinator for more information or to sign up!