"How About This....."
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Yes you stingy wealthy millionaires! Take that.
Take a lesson from the Royals who put on state banquets and garden parties. Those that are invited to attend do not have to pay a penny.
The guests have to make their way there, and maybe wear fancy dress, but even for street parties, my sister went to royal Jubilee and she was given a free picnic hamper that had all the treats included, tea, cookies, napkins, plates...I think everyone got one.
I wouldn't know how much that cost for the whole city of London to put on. Even the homeless were invited to the street parties, after all, they live on the street!
Take a lesson from the Royals who put on state banquets and garden parties. Those that are invited to attend do not have to pay a penny.
The guests have to make their way there, and maybe wear fancy dress, but even for street parties, my sister went to royal Jubilee and she was given a free picnic hamper that had all the treats included, tea, cookies, napkins, plates...I think everyone got one.
I wouldn't know how much that cost for the whole city of London to put on. Even the homeless were invited to the street parties, after all, they live on the street!
If you throwing a community street party you can get a grant maybe $200 to spend. I have done a few of these. For neighbours day.
Community sausage sizzles, bbqs, picnics etc.
If we agree it's a potluck we just bring what we can to share.
City mission do one for Christmas every year and hundreds of volunteers take part.
Just saying don't snub your noses at the plebs (like me)
Community sausage sizzles, bbqs, picnics etc.
If we agree it's a potluck we just bring what we can to share.
City mission do one for Christmas every year and hundreds of volunteers take part.
Just saying don't snub your noses at the plebs (like me)
sounds quite filling n& enjoyable. haven't had kumara & don't have the palate for pork.
well if i did that, there would be at least 10 marijuana joints & some beer!!!
truthfully, i nearly never prefer condiments. butter, salt & pepper, for sure.
Karlon, was this a fundraiser of some sort? If so it should have been made clear on the invitation!
We had a similar event some years ago, but not as a fundraiser, but as an awareness builder. We did NOT tell anyone what we were doing but set three tables with the various foods.
The FIRST table held 'refilled' bottles of warm water, some generic soda crackers, some granola bars that had passed their 'sell by date'(still perfectly safe to eat),and some easy open cans of pasta (like the Chef Boyardee but not that brand, a few paper towels and some plastic sporks.
The SECOND table had some bottles of chilled water, some generic soda, instant coffee & urns of hot water, a tray of Ritz crackers spread with peanut butter and spread cheese, some high protein granola bars in various flavors, some hot ham sandwiches and paper napkins wrapped around plastic silverware.
The THIRD table had a lovely assortment of bottles ice coffee, brand name sodas, premium sparkling water, several cheese & sausage trays with water crackers, cold shrimp and crab trimmed in fresh dill and accompanied by seafood dip, and a tower of beautiful Petit Fours in rainbow colors and varying flavors.
Guests were given name tags to wear, in random order. Just before we began the light supper part of the evening, they were asked to look at the upper left corner of the name tag and note the number ( either a 1, 2 or 3) The instructions were as follows:
Table ONE: represents what someone who is experiencing extreme food insecurity might have for options for tonight's dinner. You may ONLY pick one of each type item from table ONE and may NOT partake of anything from tables 2 or three.
Table TWO: represents the largest group of people living in this nation. They generally have choices in their food selections, but are often constrained by price and income. This group can eat from EITHER table 1 or 2, but are barred from anything on table 3.
Table THREE: represents roughly 15% of the people in this nation who may choose nearly anything to eat, or even to eat out regularly, without thought to price or sacrifice. This group may choose from ANY table.
As you may have guessed, this was a way of stressing food insecurity issues in today's society and to increase awareness of what we take for granted in our daily lives. We read the parable of the Widow's mite and spent the rest of the evening talking about how being forced to make these choices had made us feel and ended by praying and asking Jesus for forgiveness for our blindness and asking for HIS help in addressing these problems in our daily lives.
(One unplanned result of this effort was the establishment of a Food Pantry by one of the families in attendance.)
The event occurred at in the Fellowship (Great) Hall at Saint Joseph Church in Appleton WI in the fall of 2023. Granted, it's a learning technique not embraced by everyone, but then again, what is?
when i'm invited to parties, i found out what food they are serving. please don't think i'm a snob, but i have no use for cheap low level food. even mediocre food is not interesting to me. my parents spoiled us with their great cooking & baking so i'm conditioned to that for life.
I think if there's nothing much to eat I'm not sticking around the party lol
Jesus invited his peeps to the Last Supper and they had plenty.
But there may come a time when you actually might have to beg for food. You live a charmed life if you don't need to.
Chinese greeting is always 'have you eaten yet'? And the best portions always given to the guests. It will never just be entrees or finger food it will be either yum cha/dim sum all shared with everyone or a full 7-12 course banquet.
@Larry73 scenario is basically what children in NZ have for lunch at school if they aren't getting a hot lunch (and no schools except for boarding schools offer or include a cafeteria on school grounds) Cheese or marmite sandwich, bottle of water, an apple or banana, and maybe a biscuit/packet of chips/crisps.
If the school has a tuckshop or canteen it might sell hot meat pies, pot of butter chicken, or filled rolls. Maybe a chocolate brownie but fizzy/sugary drinks are pretty much banned.
Yes we starved at school. Most of us just had something hot when we got home after 3pm.
Jesus invited his peeps to the Last Supper and they had plenty.
But there may come a time when you actually might have to beg for food. You live a charmed life if you don't need to.
Chinese greeting is always 'have you eaten yet'? And the best portions always given to the guests. It will never just be entrees or finger food it will be either yum cha/dim sum all shared with everyone or a full 7-12 course banquet.
@Larry73 scenario is basically what children in NZ have for lunch at school if they aren't getting a hot lunch (and no schools except for boarding schools offer or include a cafeteria on school grounds) Cheese or marmite sandwich, bottle of water, an apple or banana, and maybe a biscuit/packet of chips/crisps.
If the school has a tuckshop or canteen it might sell hot meat pies, pot of butter chicken, or filled rolls. Maybe a chocolate brownie but fizzy/sugary drinks are pretty much banned.
Yes we starved at school. Most of us just had something hot when we got home after 3pm.
My UK friend said she had something called free School Dinners.
I'm like really, what's that? She said that everyone got a 3 course meal at lunch time, and it was a hot meal. And it was made at the school. It wasn't just the posh grammar schools it was the ordinary comprehensive ones too.
She said that Margaret Thatcher took the free milk away. They called her Margaret Thatcher, milk snatcher.
I'm like huh in nz we just had whatever we packed in the morning squashed in our lunchboxes, and if it was sunny we sat outside on the asphalt to eat so we wouldn't drop crumbs inside the classroom. If somebody had forgot their lunch they may have had to resort to 'scabbing' which is basically begging from other classmates.
I'm like really, what's that? She said that everyone got a 3 course meal at lunch time, and it was a hot meal. And it was made at the school. It wasn't just the posh grammar schools it was the ordinary comprehensive ones too.
She said that Margaret Thatcher took the free milk away. They called her Margaret Thatcher, milk snatcher.
I'm like huh in nz we just had whatever we packed in the morning squashed in our lunchboxes, and if it was sunny we sat outside on the asphalt to eat so we wouldn't drop crumbs inside the classroom. If somebody had forgot their lunch they may have had to resort to 'scabbing' which is basically begging from other classmates.
you have been reading my posts lately & if you read older posts, you have the answer.