Holiday Opportunities at JOIN
Holiday Food Boxes – Tuesday, December 18
Help us provide JOIN households with a holiday food box! For families and individuals getting by on a limited incomes, the Holidays can be stressful. By providing a box full of everything a family needs to make a beautiful holiday meal, you can help relieve a little of the pressure and stress. Bring your holiday food box(es) to JOIN on Tuesday, December 18th between 3 and 6 pm. You have the option of dropping off the box for staff and volunteers to deliver, or delivering the food box yourself. JOIN is located at 1435 NE 81st Avenue.
Suggested List of Items for Holiday Food Boxes – feel free to add items from your own family traditions!
Non-culturally specific:
-box of stuffing
-cartons of chicken broth
-potatoes
-green beans
-cream of mushroom soup
-French fried onions
-corn
-dinner rolls
-milk,butter,sugar
-carrots.celery,onions
-turkey
-box of hot chocolate
-pie crust
-can of whipped cream
-pumpkin pie/other pie filling
-cooking tins, thermometer, pie tins
African American culturally specific:
-box of stuffing
-cartons of chicken broth
-potatoes
-sweet potatoes/yams
-green beans
-cream of mushroom soup
-black-eyed peas/red beans/ rice
-corn
-dinner rolls
-corn bread mix x2
-milk, butter, sugar, brown sugar
-bag of marshmallows
-carrots,celery,onions,collard greens
-turkey
-ham or ham hocks
-hot chocolate
-pie crust
-can of whipped cream
-peaches, sweet potatoes/ other pie filling
-cooking tins, thermometer, pie tins
-gravy packets
Latinx culturally specific:
-cartons of chicken broth
-potatoes
-corn
-diced/stewed tomatoes
-white hominy
-tortillas
-maseca masa flour, corn flour
-milk, butter/lard, sugar
-carrots, celery, onions, peppers
-pork, beef shanks, whole chicken
-cheese, crema, fresco
-sweetened condensed milk
-Abuelitas hot chocolate
-cooking tins, thermometer
-chili powder
-cinnamon
-jalapeños canned
Please download the Holiday Food Box flyer here to find out more and sign up!
Sign up
Contact Frank at [email protected] or 503-412-8283 to sign up or receive additional information!
