Take Them A Meal

I know many churches are good at taking meals to families when they have a baby or need meal support for other reasons, but I can't help but think of the Mennonite church we attended for over a decade when it comes to meals.  We had all three of our babies while attending that church and we were lavished with meals.  Incredible meals.  If my memory serves me correctly, for each child we brought home, we were brought meals for 4 plus weeks (2-3 times a week).  Talk about a blessing.  I don't know which I was more excited about, the newborn or the break from meal preparation.

Just kidding.

Mostly.

Many of you have probably played the role of meal coordinator for families at your own church or within your circle of friends when a baby was born, someone was struggling with health issues or there was a death in a family.  It was a labor of love that wasn't very laborious considering what the families that needed the meals were going through, but still.  There was organizing the schedule, getting folks to sign up, passing along food allergies or preferences, preferred times of delivery (depending on work schedules) and then relaying what days the family could expect meals so they would know how to plan their week.

Well.

Sometime between Sadie and Miriam, I believe, a website was created that does all this for you, the meal coordinator {for free}.  Goodness!  The family needing the meals could quick as a wink set this up for themselves.  Wait.  A.  Minute.  I'm thinking through an idea...no.  That would be dishonest.  Right.  Back to the website.

It's called Take Them A Meal and it's super easy to set up.  First you click on "Create a Schedule" and enter the minimal information required to set things up.

The schedule will be created based on your specifications including how many times per week meals are requested, etc.  Then, you just email out the link to the website along with the last name of the person/family who will be getting the meals and the password you've chosen for the schedule (See above).

When someone visits the website, they just enter in the family's last name and the password, are taken to the schedule, and can reserve a particular meal slot.  The person who set up the schedule as well as the family can visit the site as often as they wish to check on things for planning purposes.

It's such a simple idea, but I must applaud those who set it up- pure genius.  Spread the word fellow meal-takers and enjoy!

I was not asked to write about (or compensated in anyway by) Take Them A Meal.  I just think it's awesome.

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