Time to start thinking about lunch at the Neighborhood Academy!
The first lunch event of the fall is Tuesday November 3. Please let Diana Wood know if you can help with preparing food several days ahead, preparing food during the morning of the 3rd, transporting and/or serving, or purchasing supplies.
What's the Neigbhorhood Academy? In their very own words: "Our curriculum and program intentionally focuses on providing a college-preparatory education to low-income students. Our unique approach includes an extended school day (8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.), very small classes, close and ongoing communication with families and a college preparatory curriculum that culminates in senior seminars in the humanities and sciences. At The Neighborhood Academy, we afford to low income students a private school, college preparatory education that they would not otherwise be able to obtain. To help our students to succeed academically, we also provide counseling, transportation, three meals a day and assistance with emergency needs like medical care. The breadth of our services to students is based on the belief that low-income students face unique challenges and need much more than “school” to learn."
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From Diana's article in the October 2009 issue of Sixth Sense:
For the past two years, Sixth Church members have been supporting this school through a financial contribution(sent by the Church and Community Committee)as well as by providing occasional lunches throughout the year. Last year we prepared and served three lunches, and we plan to do the same this year. We are looking for
more volunteers! We will provide one lunch for 85 students and staff on the following days:
∗ Tuesday, November 3
∗ Thursday February 4
∗ Wednesday March 3
Typically, we prepare a main dish (e.g., chili, sloppy Joes), salad, bread, juice or milk and dessert (e.g., cookies, brownies). Often as many as eight individuals contribute to one lunch. While we definitely need three individuals to transport and serve the meal during the day (from 11 a.m
to 2 p.m.), the other tasks can be done ahead of time and at home. So people who work a regular daily schedule can still help by making dessert many days ahead and freezing it or preparing half of the main dish at home or at the
church and refrigerating it the night before the lunch. We also need people who will shop for the drinks and serving supplies. In this way we share the load.
So far, sixteen people have participated in this effort filling a variety of roles depending on their time and interests. Only a few have been able to help every time, so we need more volunteers.
Please contact Diana Wood if you are intrigued by this opportunity and wish to participate.
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