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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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.
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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)

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​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 ​