Forest Lakes Park Summer Meals Info

FOREST LAKES PARK SUMMER PROGRAM TO BENEFIT SOZO KIDS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEAL PREPARERS

LOCATION & ADDRESS – APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES FROM THE VILLAGES
Forest Lakes Park Community Center
9528 SE 190th Avenue
Ocklawaha, FL 32179
Contact Tammy for driving instructions if you have trouble finding the location: 352-299-5831.

Deliver breakfast at 9:00 a.m; deliver lunch at 11:30 a.m. You are welcome to stay to help serve and clean up.
Can’t deliver it to Forest Lakes Park? Contact Judy Lindquist at judithael@charter.net or 920-296-7228 and she will find someone to come to your house earlier in the day to pick up your prepared meal and deliver it to Forest Lakes Park.

# OF CHILDREN – 35-40
Forest Lakes Park Community Center has a refrigerator/freezer, stove/oven, air fryer and microwave. If you need to transfer your meal to a heated appliance upon arrival, email Judy Lindquist at judithael@charter.net or call 920-296-7228.
We provide these condiments: mustard, ketchup, Ranch dressing, syrup, butter, and Hershey syrup

SUGGESTED KID-FRIENDLY MEALS
Your meal should include an entrée, fruit and dessert. Please provide at least 35-40 servings. Children often want seconds; any leftovers are given to the children to take home as they struggle with food insecurity.

Breakfast Ideas: Cereal and milk, donuts, French toast sticks/sausages or bacon, pancakes(you can purchase 7 bags of 24 at any grocery store)/sausages or bacon; smoothies; milk or juice, fruit.

Lunch Ideas:

  • Grilled cheese sandwiches & chips or tater tots
  • Tacos with soft shells (or Doritos/Fritos for walking tacos), shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, salsa
  • Chicken nuggets with instant mashed potatoes & gravy
  • Sloppy Joes (made with Sony’s BBQ sauce or Sweet Baby Ray’s - more ketchup than sauce)
  • Corn dogs, tator tots
  • Slider sandwiches: Ham/cheese, turkey/cheese (if small, make sure each child can have two), (suggest making subs and cutting up into smaller servings using 2 lbs of turkey/ham and 50 slices American cheese)
  • Mac & Cheese (only use Kraft box Mac & Cheese) – 9 boxes
  • Pizza (11 large needed – cheese; pepperoni; sausage)
  • Spaghetti with meat sauce or meatballs (keep some plain)
  • Meatball subs
  • Publix fried chicken wings (3 boxes of 20)
  • Pizza bites or pockets (3 boxes of 20)


Desserts & Beverages Ideas:

  • Fruit (strawberries, grapes, watermelon, peeled Clementines)
  • Mini cupcakes
  • Cookies
  • Hostess cakes/cupcakes or Little Debbie
  • Brownies
  • Jell-O Jigglers
  • White milk (Hershey syrup is at the center)
  • Apple juice