In this unprecedented time of COVID-19, we have many international students who are not returning home for the holidays. They are instead relying on the kindness of friends and neighbors to welcome them over the break when they can not be with their families. Our aim is also to help assist International Students experiencing financial instability as a result of the current pandemic. As a result, we would like to have you contribute home-made, healthy, vegetarian and vegan-friendly meals to be dropped off at 2401 13th Street (Baptist Student Ministries) between the hours of 10:00 AM-11:30 AM, with a notecard including all ingredients inside your dish. These dishes will then be picked up at 12 pm on the same day by international students needing food. If at all possible, please bring your dish in a container that wouldn’t need to be returned to you, and we will provide individual to-go containers for students to use. If that's not possible for you, we have disposable containers to transfer your dish into. When signing up, please also note how many servings your dish will provide. Food Pantry: BSM is currently hosting a food pantry to assist students. If you are unable to cook a hot meal this is a great alternative! Please consider donating non-perishables such as, microwave meals, dried rice or beans, tuna packets, breakfast bars, ramen noodles, fruit cups, etc. To follow social distancing practices We are also limiting the number of people entering the building to 2 people at a time during drop off. If you are not comfortable entering the building that is completely fine. We please ask that you wear a mask when entering the building. We also know cooking for a crowd is difficult, so know a dish of any serving size is welcomed and appreciated! Thanks in advance for your contribution. Together, we can get through this! Please share this opportunity with your wider community! Dates are as follows. December 22nd, December 29th, January 5th, and January 12th. Next weeks potluck: https://mealtrain.com/l1e99r

Many international students cannot eat beef or pork (this includes gelatin) so please avoid products with these in them.