Holiday Lunch Campaign 2019 supporting 3 Mariposas Montessori Foundation
Holiday Lunch Campaign 2019
Holiday Lunch Campaign 2019 supporting 3 Mariposas Montessori Foundation
About Holiday Lunch Campaign 2019
When you think about school lunches, you may have visions of cafeteria trays laden with pizza, sloppy joes, hot dogs, jello, etc - like we used to be offered when we were kids, right? Well, at 3 Mariposas Montessori our snacks and lunches couldn’t be farther from those images! For many of our students, the meals they have at school are the only healthy food they eat all day, so we strive to provide the healthiest possible snacks and lunches to each child, each day of the year.
Date
Starts at: December 13, 2019 6:00 PM
Ends at: January 1, 2020 9:00 PM
Location
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Contact
info@3mariposasmontessori.com
300 Lunches and Over 400 Snacks are Served Each Week!
3MM serves morning snacks, lunch, and afternoon snacks to approx. 45 students and also provide lunch for all of our employees. That means that Yoelis, our school cook, prepares food for 60 people each day from her tiny kitchen! She has stepped far out of her comfort zone; incorporating new ingredients and using new recipes with the freshest, and oftentimes organic ingredients. She is brimming with pride about completing a cooking course to learn about new practices for public kitchens. She has also perfected portion control so we’ve eliminated unnecessary food waste.
Healthy Nutrition is our Priority
Our beautiful island home provides us with a large variety of fresh, and oftentimes, organic produce and fruit. Chicken vegetable stew, pork and lentil stew, black beans and brown rice with avocado slices, baked fish with broccoli and carrots, whole wheat pasta primavera are just a few examples of our wholesome lunches dishes - and each dish is accompanied by a fresh mixed salad. Fresh tropical fruits, yogurt, homemade muffins, homemade granola, oatmeal, or boiled eggs are the snacks that are served.
Student Involvement = Lifelong Lessons
In true Montessori tradition, our students are involved in every step of the process---learning about nutrItion, peeling, cutting and dicing vegetables and fruit, making muffins and homemade whole wheat bread, tending to our new vegetable garden, preparing lunch tables, and even washing their own dishes and cloth napkins.
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, One Child, One Meal at a Time
Your generous donations to our lunch campaign allow us to offer the nutritious meals that are so vital to the developing minds and bodies of our students, and also help us to establish lifelong healthy eating habits for them, too. In an impoverished community like ours, we can’t think of better gifts to share with our children than education and good nutrition!
Thanks for donating today and helping our 3MM families break the cycle of poverty.
Donations can also be made by check:
3 Mariposas Montessori Foundation
133 N. Villamere Dr.
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Donations made by December 31st qualify for a 2019 tax deduction.