Did you know that 2.5 million children will experience homelessness this year?
As we continue to provide assistance to the most vulnerable members of our community, we need YOUR help!
Family Promise provides shelter for local families at area churches, hotels or at the Day Center. St. Luke’s sponsors hotels and meals for the families during the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s allowing them to have a safe place to stay. We are seeking volunteers to help provide meals or gift cards for the families.
Sign-ups are available now to sponsor a meal by cooking and delivering a meal or providing gift cards.
To see how you can help, click on the ribbons below.
Sign up to Provide Meals, November 24- December 1 and December 22-January 6.
Meals are needed:
Dates: Sunday, November 24-Sunday, December 1 and Sunday December 22-Monday, January 6.
Drop off Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at the hotel. If this time is difficult for you to drop off the meals, please let us know and we can put you in touch with Family Promise, to see if an alternate time can be arranged.
Drop off Location: Please drop off meals to:
Meal drop off will be to Extended Stay America address is 5620 Major Blvd, Orlando, FL, 32819.
You may sign up directly with Family Promise at their registration link below.
Unsure of what you should bring? Here are a few favorite food ideas:
Pasta Dishes
Fried Chicken
BBG Chicken
Macaroni & Cheese
Green beans, broccoli, corn
Pizza
Salad
If you would like to provide meals, but are unable to prepare meals, you can choose to have food delivered to the hotel
You may also provide gift cards to provide meals for the families.
A census will be provided a week before, for meal planning.
Thank you for supporting these families. Because of you, Family Promise is able to provide the families with a safe place to stay and meals during this difficult time.
Read Article about providing meals – written by Julia Gardiner
We got a list of some items that were pretty universally liked, for example, pasta. So we did our best to make meals that everyone would enjoy. On Friday we made a tuna casserole because we weren’t sure of the religious affiliations of the families, but we wanted everyone to be accounted for. (Good Friday, 2020)
The shopping was a little nerve-wracking because it was very different than we’ve ever seen it. There were stickers to remind people to distance themselves and some people were wearing gloves and masks. There were also items that were harder to find – we ended up with 3 different brands and 2 flavors of pasta sauce because there was so little left.
The Gardiner family prepared meals for 3 consecutive days in April, 2020.
For more information, contact serve@st.lukes.org.