Did you know that, for as little as $13.00 and an hour of your time, you can help feed approximately 20 hungry people right here in York? That’s right, all by simply making 2 pans of chili, and the best part is, there’s no cooking involved!

 

Our Daily Bread soup kitchen is located in downtown York, on South George Street near East College Avenue. It serves over 300 meals a day, breakfast and lunch, to whomever shows up at their doors. Caring organizations throughout the York area, like St. Andrews, have signed up to provide specific food items (like Chili) on a certain day every month. In this way, Our Daily Bread can reliably and dependably deliver hot, nutritious meals every week of every month, throughout the entire year.

 

It’s easy to join the effort and help Our Daily Bread feed the hungry and the needy! Start by grabbing 2 aluminum chili pans from the back of the church. Then, the next time you are at the supermarket pick-up the following items:

 

2 packets of chili seasoning mix

1 large package of ground beef - approximately 4 to 5 pounds

2 large cans of kidney beans (drained)

2 large cans of tomato sauce or puree

2 large cans of chopped tomatoes (drained)

 

Cook the ground beef. While that’s cooking, dump one can of drained kidney beans, one can of drained tomatoes, one can of puree or sauce, and one seasoning packet into each pan. After the beef is cooked (do not drain) divide it into the two pans. Stir them up, seal with some tinfoil over top, and freeze. That’s it!

 

⁽¹⁾Ok, so you have to cook the beef, but other than that there’s no cooking.

 

The next time you come to church, walk back and put the pans in the freezer in the Great Hall’s kitchen before the 2^nd Monday of the month. Note: Plastic bags from Giant or Weis make carrying the frozen pans easy. Sunday afternoon the Chili team will gather the pans of chili from the freezer and deliver them to the Our Daily Bread soup kitchen, where it will be served as lunch the next day.

 

The above recipe is just a suggestion, if you have a favorite recipe feel free to use it.

 

Tax Tip: Remember to keep your grocery receipts for the above items; come tax time it is likely that you can deduct those expenses as charitable donations. Check with your tax advisor for details.