Take Them a Meal

Are you familiar with the website Take Them a Meal? 

This might be old news to all of you, but I am new to the site and think it's fantastic.

I wanted to share it with those of you who may not yet know about it.

If you ever need to organize meals for a family, this is the site to use.

You send friends a link to the meal coordination you've set up and that's it!

Friends will sign up to take a meal and the website sends them a reminder a couple of days before their day.

The family receiving the meals can check to see which nights a meal is expected so they can plan ahead.

And the site is free.  Perfect.

This is a sample schedule.

If you want a certain day you just click on Take and fill in the detail of what you'll be taking.

If you're the organizer, it's a very simple process to set up a schedule and send the link to those you think might be able to help a family in need.

The website has a number of links to help you think of meals to take, it includes recipes, and frequently asked questions.

A family in our church is going through cancer treatments right now.

A church member set up the schedule and sent it out.

Within 3 days they had the entire monthly schedule filled in.

I signed up for last night and typed in that I was taking fish and vegetables.

Then I found out one of the family members can't eat fish, so I went back to the schedule to figure out what else to make.

It was great to see the full schedule so I didn't duplicate.

Wouldn't want to eat lasagna 3 nights in a row!

I wish I had known about this website a few months ago when I was coordinating meals for a local family.  But, now I do and will be using it!

Have you ever used Take Them a Meal?

all photos from the takethemameal.com website