02/03/2026
Sunday's meal for our differently sheltered friends:
Homemade chicken and dumplings
Homemade beef vegetable soup
Broken pierogi (rigatoni, potatoes, cheese, onion, butter)
Ham
Baked spaghetti
Rice and beans with sausage - Rachel and Safa
Beef and sausage lasagna - Carol
French toast, pork ramen with vegetables, and franks and beans - Keith
Spam and kraut
Scalloped potatoes
BBQ pulled pork tater tot casserole - Bob
Pizza
Shrimp tortellini salad
Mediterranean summer salad
Coleslaw
Saucy chicken livers with rice (like my mom used to make. Chicken livers, flour, butter, tomato paste, onions, mushrooms, over white rice.)
Pb&j sandwiches - Charlton UMC
Chicken alfredo - Donna
Sandwiches and snacks
Coffee and iced tea
Brownies, pumpkin cake with cream cheese chips and pecans
Some other things I forgot.
Thank you Country Gourmet at the Market, Panera, Bethany Church of the Nazarene, and everyone who donated items.
I have the best team ever. They are hard-working and dedicated and I would be nothing without them.
My deepest gratitude to this past weekend's volunteers, members of my Eclipse family:
Donna, Ashley, Eric, Bob, Jerry, Lori, Savannah, Sarah, Thomas, Stephanie, Alexa, and Roy. I was hit in the head as a child (People laugh when I say that but seriously, I had a couple concussions because I am who I am. It's why there's a "days since last incident" sign in the kitchen. Got hit in the head twice with a baseball bat, one time when I was hanging upside down on monkey bars, and then passed out and fell down some stairs backwards in school. I'm a hot mess. This past weekend, a metal pan full of food slid out of the cambro, hit me in the front of the ankle and I have a bruise on the back of my left hand and a cut on my right hand from trying to catch it. See? Mess.) so if I forgot somebody, it's not for lack of love. Please give me a poke if I neglected to mention a name.
This coming weekend's menu will include pasta dishes along with some super bowl party favorites. Buffalo chicken dip mac and cheese, chili dog tater tot casserole, pigs in a blanket, chili, ham and cheese sliders. If you have any fun suggestions, or if you'd like to make an extra pan of something for our friends, reach out!
Anyone wishing to volunteer, let me know if you have any questions. We meet every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. at the address in our profile picture. We prep food until 1:30. We take everything out of the ovens and label it and pack it up and leave at 2:00 p.m. We serve at two locations on Cameron Street from 2:30 until 4:30 or 5:00 and then back at the church to unload and clean up.
Not available on Sundays? I also go to the church on Saturday from 3:00 until 6:00 or 7:00 to do the chopping and slicing and food magic.
Current needs: butter, bleu cheese dressing, ground beef, packs of hot dogs, tater tots, crescent rolls, little smokies, and any kind of cheese, shredded or block.
We're going to find the positive in all this freezing cold weather - perishable donations can be left in the vestibule at any time! If you plan to drop off, or if you seen anything perishable when you arrive, send me a message and let me know and I'll head over within a few hours to get it into the fridge or freezer. I live about a minute drive from the church.
Pray for our friends during this super cold time of the year. I don't know how they do it. I'm not sure I could.
I was supposed to do a radio interview with Sylvia from iHeartRadio today but turns out both of us are sick. I have a good old fashioned head cold. As illnesses go, it's a mild one but I still sound like I've been smoking ci**rs...
God bless everyone who's a part of this family: donors, volunteers, and differently sheltered friends alike.❤️
