Northwoods Housing Complex lunches

St. Thomas provides one week's worth of lunches for children at Northwoods Housing Complex
Schedule: one week during summer
Coordinator: Nancy King

• This annual sandwich-making event offers one summer week of nutritious lunches to 50 children. Various churches throughout the Upper Valley each agree to provide lunches for a week, for the duration of the summer program.
• Before the sandwich making day, volunteers shop for bread, sandwich meats and cheeses, PB and J, a piece of fruit, fruit drinks, and a snack.
• Between services on the day of the lunch making, volunteers set up tables with all the food to be organized into the 5 days for which we are responsible.
• After the 10:00 service, parishioners arrive and quickly prepare 250 sandwiches and organize them and the other items into daily packages.
• After assembling the lunches, volunteers deliver them to the low income housing site where Vermont State Housing Authority personnel receive, refrigerate and store the food for the next five days.