Bag Lunches for Caritas

The truth is, making PBJs for Caritas each month is just plain fun. First, the lower school kids get to decorate brown bags with their art, drawn and personalized in bright marker. Then parent volunteers set up tables and create an assembly line in the school vestibule, just outside the lunchroom. They stuff the brown bags with chips and chocolates, then lay out the bread, get the peanut butter and jelly ready, and wait for the children to cycle through their lunch rotation. Class after class files by, talking and giggling while making their sandwiches. Some kids get really into it and would help all day if they could, but the limit is usually two. Two sandwiches per ziplock bag and pop, into a pretty bag it goes. Each grade level is responsible for at least one Caritas day per year, and there are always lots of volunteers because it's a chance to catch up with fellow moms and see all the kiddos. It's a wonderful way to spend a few hours. But the best thing about Caritas day is seeing lunch for 400 ready to ship out that afternoon.