Food Donation Guidelines
Dear 7th Grade Parents and Guardians,
We are excited to introduce a new component to our Peace and Diversity Day on January 20th. This year we have added a cultural potluck for our 7th graders. The purpose is to share the diverse backgrounds of our school community. 7th grade students will be invited to bring in one dish that represents their family’s background or food they simply enjoy.
Thank you so much for your willingness to contribute food for our Potluck. To make this a successful, authentic experience, we are hoping to have enough food to feed the 7th graders lunch. Here’s what you need to know:
- Do we have to bring food?
- No student is required to bring in food.
- What should we bring?
- Ideally, students will bring in a dish that represents their family and/or food their family enjoys. We hope to have foods representing as many cultures and families as possible.
- How much food should we bring?
- As a rough guideline, we are asking that you prepare enough food so that 20 people could have a small portion. If that’s too much, prepare less. Use your judgement and know that we will be grateful for whatever you can contribute!
- How should food be presented?
- It would greatly appreciated if you could cut or prepare food in advance to facilitate this process, that would be a huge help! Please be prepared for food to be served at room temperature. We are unable to heat or refrigerate foods, but you are welcome to bring food in as late as 10 am. Please include an index card with information about the dish. We have included a template.
- What else do you need?
- Please send your child with any utensils needed to serve their food (big spoons, spatulas, etc). Label dishes and utensils clearly so that we can return them to you!
- We need paper goods for students to use to serve their samples. This includes:
- Small napkins
- Small paper plates
- Plastic utensils
- Where should we bring our dish?
- Please bring your dish to the main office.
We are also asking that families please sign-up here for the 7th Grade Cultural Potluck Sign-up , so we can have an idea of how many and what types of dishes we can expect. In addition, we need parent volunteers to help serve, please sign up here.
Best, Star Corvinelli & Amy Sirot
Please include the following information on an index card that will be presented along side your child’s dish.
| Student Name:Class:Dish:
Tell us why this dish is significant to you:
Main ingredients:
Please list any allergens in your dish: |