Boys & Girls Club creates to-go meals for families
Tackling food insecurity by offering meals for families of two people, up to seven family members.
February 17, 2021 6:41 AM Taylor Lasenby
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MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County just launched the Family Meals To-go Program, but due to lack of funding the program can only supply 40 meals a week.
The Boys & Girls Club is trying to tackle food insecurity by offering meals for families of two people, up to seven family members.
The Boys & Girls Club has some early partners like Chef Dave Heide and JustVeggiez, which is a local plant-based catering company.
FITCHBURG, Wis.– Chef Dave Heide’s dining room inside Liliana’s has been empty since March. His restaurant’s liquor cabinet, however, has remained full.
“If we were to take the alcohol that’s currently in the restaurant, and we were to sell it as cocktails, there are $200,000 worth of cocktails sitting in my building right now,” Heide explained. “We’re just sitting on all this inventory. It’s in boxes collecting dust.”
While Liliana’s and other Madison-area restaurants have been able to scrape by on carryout and delivery orders, they’re only making a
fraction of what they used to because they can’t sell cocktails to-go.
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