Pounds
and pounds of watermelons were carried into St. Andrews Church this week for
the Community Harvest Dinner. Four of the large fruits, in addition to a fresh
canary melon, were chopped up and served with dinner. I somewhat pathetically
had to use all of my body strength to cut through the watermelon rind, but they
were so delicious it was worth it.
In addition to watermelon, Community
Harvest served hot meatball hoagies with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese,
and a side of pretzels. The sandwiches were definitely a crowd pleaser. The
Community Garden provided us with a variety of fresh vegetables, shown below,
that were used to make a colorful salad.
Ben, pictured below, brought
raspberries that were added to a homemade raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Most
of our guests prefer traditional ranch or Caesar dressing, so we were so
excited when we received compliments on the dressing! Most people came back for
a second serving and two people even asked for the recipe!
When it came time to serve the meal, we had help
from the lovely gentlemen of Delta Upsilon Fraternity…
....as well as first year students involved in the Social
Justice Residential College! With 75 people to serve, we would not have been successful
without our excellent volunteers!
To
learn more about hunger in the Union County area, check out the Community
Harvest website at this link: https://sites.google.com/a/bucknell.edu/community-harvest/home/hunger-statistics
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