UCC Chicago Mission Trip

A group of fourteen youth and adults from First Congregational - UCC church in Menomonie, WI travel to Chicago, IL to serve meals at the Lincoln Park Community Shelter. Follow us to stay informed on the planning and preparation for our trip and then keep up with us while we are in Chicago.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Our Next Planning Meeting: July 7th at 4:00 PM

Our next planning meeting will be Thursday, July 7th at 4:00 PM in the fellowship hall of church. Each team should be ready to share plans for their menus. We hope teams have enough time between now and the 7th to start working on ideas for meals. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please let Kristen or Nita know.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Our First Planning Meeting

On June 1st, we met at church to start planning for our trip. We reviewed the schedule of meals we need to prepare and then divided ourselves into 3 teams and assigned meals for each of the teams. We also discussed some of the fun activities we'd like to do and put those into our schedule. Now that our teams are assigned, each team needs to start planning their meals. Some guidelines in terms of our budget and the number of people we who will eat are below:

Jul30/Sat/ Hot Bfst**
TEAM B ($50) for 15-25 people Prep at 7:30 AM, Eat at 9 AM

Jul30/Sat/Supper
TEAM C ($150) for 35-38+ 14 = 52 people Prep at 6:00 PM Eat at 7:30 PM

Jul31/Sun/Sack Lunch
TEAM A ($50) for 30 people to be made during supper prep on Sat Jul30

Jul31/Sun/Supper
TEAM B ($150) for 35-38+ 14= 52 people Prep at 6:00 PM eat at 7:30 PM

Aug1/Mon/Sack Lunch
TEAM A ($50) for 30 to be made during supper prep on Sunday

Aug1/Mon/Bfst Buffet Style
TEAM C ($100) for 35-38+ 14 = 52 people Prep at 6:00 AM eat at 7:30 AM

Aug2/Tues/Sack Lunch
TEAM A ($50) for 30 people to be made sometime Monday

** Sat breakfast is at the church we stay in (different group served). We will eat separately from this group.

Please keep in mined that all the equipment is there. We need to bring all the food with us; there is not much storage so we need to shop as we go through the weekend. We may be able to bring some non perishables with us, but will plan to buy much of the food at nearby grocery stores. Each team will ultimately need to have a menu planned that is healthy, low sodium, low in simple sugars, includes veggies/fruits.

We will be setting another meeting time very soon and hope that each team can start planning their meals and share their menus at our next meeting.