Upcoming June Meeting

Hi Connect!

How are you? It has been a very Blessed week!

Our group had a great run at the Good Karma 5K fundraiser event last week. The weather was overcast and some sprinkles, not too cold, not too hot. Wonderful running weather. Rhea, Phil, Suzanne, Daigo-my husband, and I ran the race with great finish times. Sherry and the kids cheered us on at the sidelines. It was very cute. We celebrated together with a fun picnic BBQ afterwards. We even roasted marshmallows. Great picnic idea, Phil. We'll have to do this again next year! Rhea posted pictures from our event on our blog.

Our next potluck meeting is this Tuesday, June 4th at 7 PM. Nieves will lead the discussion on raising good teenagers. I definitely will be taking notes. =)

We will also discuss our next community service event, preparing a meal for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle on July 14th. We will be serving at House A, planning and providing food for 75 people and needing a group size of 8-15 volunteers. So this is a big project for us! I need your help, time and commitment in order for this to be a success. I feel we are ready to do this especially with our experience serving several dinner meals with Operation Sack Lunch. The difference this time is that we are planning and providing the funds for the meal. I'm excited our group wants to help the families of patients at Seattle Children's Hospital in such a generous way! 

So this Tuesday, please bring ideas of what we should serve. Here are some suggestions to consider from their website:

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska

Menu Planning

Important Note: All foods must be prepared at the House or purchased from a commercial kitchen. No preparation including chopping may be done at home. Dinner groups often ask what they should cook for dinner at the Ronald McDonald House. We welcome your own recipes, but also have a recipe book online which may be viewed at http://www.rmhcseattle.org/content/family-meal-program-and-calendar.

The other question often asked is what entrees are served most frequently at the Ronald McDonald House—the answer: spaghetti, tacos, and lasagna.

Please consider serving something different. As a general guideline, please consider providing the following menu items:

Main dish (it is not necessary to provide both a meat and vegetarian entrée)

Starch, if not included in the main dish

Fresh green salad or vegetable salad and/or vegetable

Fresh fruit

Bread/rolls with butter

Dessert

Beverages (We have drink dispensers,coolers, and ice. Individually packaged drinks, including bottled water, juice, or milk are easiest to serve. It is also fine to serve large containers of beverages that are poured into cups, which we provide).

See you Tuesday!
God Bless,
Reggie