Hello fam!
A quick note on February … our best month ever! Abbondanza did not disappoint. We delivered 406 Italian meals and 100 bag lunches for grand total of 506 meals! Well done everyone! Honestly we are so blessed to have friends and family like you. And now, without further ado, let’s move on to March.
CHILDHOOD FAVORITES
This is our second year making childhood favorites and I am excited to see what you all come up with. But first, let’s talk about why childhood favs are so important.
Today kids are picky eaters. They get to choose their meals. They have “food allergies”. When our girls were growing up, I often made two meals to appease them: mac and cheese AND fishsticks, tuna noodles AND pb&j.
I don’t want to sound like an old guy but things were different back in my day. We were given no choices. None. Mom made dinner and you ate it or you ate nothing. In fact, when my mom made salad, she put in the bowl and mixed the oil and vinegar in! As a result, when the Gods smiled in your direction and you actually got a meal you liked, it was a big deal. Same with the lunch lime. School lunches didn’t have much variety back then so when pizza or Salsbury steak day rolled around, you felt like the chosen one! As a result, we created an incredible nostalgia around our favorite childhood meals.
Even now I remember sloppy joes and chili mac at school. And tater tots! I love tater tots. They are literally potatoes in tot form. (that was for you Chloe and Eden) And I also remember how I felt when I scored one of my favorites. I had a huge smile plastered on my face from ear to ear. Pure joy! That’s what I want to give to our friends and neighbors in Atlanta this month. That moment of joy at getting the perfect childhood meal.53
With that in mind, this month’s menu at Chez Rotonda will be:
- Sloppy Joes
- Hamburger Helper casserole
- Pigs in a blanket
- Mac and cheese
- Tater tots
- PB&J bag lunches
Ok, that’s the what and the why, let’s talk about the who. The who is YOU!! We need your support to make this happen.
The good news is that there are several ways you can help:
- You can donate by pushing the blue button below (venmo, paypal, etc).
- You can click here on our Amazon wish list https://a.co/3dHp8Jg and purchase some of the items we need.
- You can make a homemade meal and schedule a pickup or drop off with us for Friday 3/15 or Saturday 3/16
- It may not seem like much but every time you LIKE, FOLLOW, and SHARE our posts on FB and IG, you help spread the word.
- Or you can come to our house on Saturday 3/16 and Amy and I will feed you while you help feed others! If you haven’t been to our place for one of these you really should. Friends, laughter, music, food, beer, wine and lots and lots of pugs!!
As always we greatly appreciate your love and support. this is a 100% volunteer driven organization so it’s you great people who really keep this going!
Vince Rotonda
Executive Director
Many Hands Project Inc.
At Many Hands we like to say “Work is love made visible”.