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Brown
Bag Lunches
Signup
to make brown bag lunches
If you are making more than 10 lunches,
please signup for an OPEN date. If the date is CLOSED, please choose
another date, or contact
us. Under 10 lunches, no signup necessary.
Make Brown Bag Lunches
BRIDGES
delivers 75,000 brown bag lunches each year. This is a great opportunity
to have a lunch-making party with your family, neighbors,
colleagues or service organization. It's fun, energizing, builds spirit
and camaraderie among friends and is meaningful, enlightening and rewarding.
Prepare
and deliver to BRIDGES any number of lunches for delivery on Friday
(for Saturday and Sunday delivery contact us first.) Each Bag Should Contain:
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Meat sandwich (see sandwich-making guidelines below)
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Fruit:
grapes, clementines, bananas, pears & other soft
fruit or fruit cups with spoons; no apples, please
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Snacks: chips, cakes, cookies, cereal bars, candy
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Drink: juice box or water
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Napkin
Guidelines for Sandwich Making
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Wash hands and use surgical gloves.
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Approximately one pound of meat makes six to eight sandwiches.
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Loaves of bread vary in size.
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Call a grocery store a day or two ahead to order sliced meat.
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Warehouse stores are a good place to buy fruit, drinks, and treats.
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Use mayonnaise and mustard packets, if possible.
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Avoid mayonnaise in warm weather.
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Many of our friends have dental problems; please purchase soft fruit
(no apples, please.)
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Fruit cups are a good alternative to fresh fruit - please remember
spoons.
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Large packages of cookies may be divided and bagged.
Donation Location
Christ Church, 561 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 (Click
for Directions)
(Corner of Springfield and New England Avenues)
Enter the Springfield Avenue driveway. Go downstairs and a RUN Coordinator
will assist you.
Donation Day and Times for brown bag lunches
Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays by special arrangement only
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