Hello, Feastlings.
Next week, on Friday, August 28th, we’re making another run to the hardworking staff at the VA Hospital to bring meals to the hungry, hard-working front line workers there taking care of the veterans in the Tucson area in what hopefully is no longer the midst but rather the slowing of the pandemic. I talked to my friend Mandy over there, who heads up Voluntary Service, and we’ve agreed that the thrust of this donation run will be to feed the staff who are so often neglected when someone donates food: the people who work nights and weekends. We’re packing the meals in cryovac to make them hold up long enough to get to their destined recipients, and we’re doing the the way we’ve come to do it every time: once we’ve gotten 250 meals donated, we’ll throw in 50 more to do our part for the community. Any donations that surpass our goal will be applied to the next delivery run, but for now, our goal is 250 meals. You’re welcome and encouraged to donate anything from a single cookie to a full meal, or simply call with a donation of whatever dollar amount you want to contribute. Every penny helps, and in the interest of full disclosure, you’re helping the crew here at Feast by helping the crew at the VA hospital. That is, you’re donating meals that keep our staff employed in the process of helping the front line worker community. When I hear back from Mandy with her list of which departments we’re feeding next week, I’ll post it here, but in the meanwhile, here are the dishes we’ll be sending, and you can choose from this, or, as I mentioned, just pick a dollar amount to donate. You can make your donation by calling us with a credit card number at (520) 326-933, or you can mail or drop off a check, made out to Feast, with “hospital donation” written in the memo line. Our mailing address is 3719 E. Speedway, Tucson, AZ 85716. We’ll be taking donations for this one up through Thursday, the 27th, at 7:30 pm. Here’s who we’ll be feeding:
Oncology- 15 meals
Dialysis – 25 meals
Screeners – 50 meals
Logistics – 46 meals
Sterile Processing – 33 meals
Ambassadors – 40 meals
Chaplains – 5 meals
Emergency Department – 45 meals
Lab – 41 meals
Total 300 meals
dishes available for the front line workers at the VA Hospital
Vegetable curry~ house-made yellow curry with sweet peppers, cauliflower, broccoli, and red and green onion. Served with jasmine rice. § ◊
17
Chicken Cacciatore~ braised chicken with aromatic vegetables, tomatoes and wild mushrooms. Served with garlic bread. §
19
Crawfish Etouffée~ Crawfish tails simmered with vegetables in a rich and spicy sauce. Served over rice. §
22
Boeuf Bourguignonne~ Classic dish of beef braised in red wine with mushrooms, onion and bacon. Served with herb-and-butter new potatoes. §
23
Chocolate truffle cookie
80 cents
You can make a donation by calling us at 326-9363 and letting us know you’d like to donate to the frontline hospital workers’ meal run, or you can mail or drop off a check. The address is
Feast
3719 E. Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85716
If you pay with a check, please write “hospital donation” in the memo line.
Thank you.