Loaves and Fishes 2021: A Whole New Way!

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For more than 30 years, UUCWC and the Princeton UU Congregation have joined together to feed working poor and homeless people once per year at St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton.

We’ll be doing it in a whole new way this year due to the pandemic. Working with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton we’ll make 300 meals and 400 bagged lunches all for Take-Out.

If you would like to volunteer, please use Sign-Up Genius.

Here’s the Sign-Up Genius Link

Here’s how you can help:

Need:

200 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for inclusion in brown bag lunches

How you can help:

Make 10 peanut butter and grape jam sandwiches. (20 sandwich makers needed.)

Need:

30 dozen individually wrapped brownies.

How you can help:

Make 2 dozen individually wrapped brownies. (15 bakers needed.)

Need:

300 Baked Chicken thighs

How you can help:

Bake 50 chicken thighs. (6 Cooks needed.) (We already have 2 volunteer cooks.)

Details

10 Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwiches

  • Peanut butter on both sides of the bread with jam in the middle. (Don’t overstuff please).
  • Note that jam spreads much more easily than jelly.
  • Wrap or bag each sandwich individually.
  • Drop off and NJ or PA site on Thursday, March 25.

Brownies

  • Bake 2 Dozen brownies.
  • Wrap or bag each brownie individually.
  • Drop off and NJ or PA site on Thursday, March 25.

Chicken Pieces

  • Social Action will purchase and deliver the chicken thighs and Taco mix.  
  • Bake 50 chicken thighs. Southwest chicken recipe will be provided.
  • Drop off the chicken at St. Mary’s on Friday, March 26 or arrange for pickup. Email: socialaction@uucwc.org

Funds will come from the Sunday collection plate through the Council for Faith in Action.

Drop Off Instructions

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and brownies
Drop off your Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches at either of the locations on or before Thursday, March 25. There will be a large plastic tub for the items. No need for us to be at home.

PA
Ronnie and Ed’s Home:
144 Rice Drive
Morrisville, PA 19067

NJ
Nancy Neff’s home:
25 Wildwood Way
Titusville, NJ 08560

Chicken
Chicken should be dropped off on Friday, March 26 at St Mary’s Cathedral between 4:30 and 6 pm.

Dates

  • Drop off of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches Thursday, March 25. PA and NJ drop off points.
  • Drop off of Chicken Pieces: Friday, March 26 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Questions? Email: socialaction@uucwc.org

Thank you so much.
Social Action Ministry