Meal Deliveries for Students Update from Healthy School Food Collaborative

The Healthy School Food Collaborative is excited about our partnership with Winn Parish. We look forward to servicing your students and community by providing meals during this troublesome time.

We will begin delivery of the shelf stable meals to families that have signed up at the latest for April 24th. We will work through the weekend to ensure all deliveries are made.

Meal delivery frequently asked questions:

1. I signed up and have not heard from anyone, can you confirm you received my application.

If you are receiving this email, we have received your application.

2. How do I update information that I submitted on my application?

To update information, please complete this form: https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/emf/thsfc/accountupdate

3. I signed up and still have not received my delivery. When will I receive meals?

We continue to receive applications and are working on adding households to the delivery routes. Once your delivery date is confirmed, you will receive an email from us specifying your delivery date.

4. I signed up once and never received meals, so I signed up again. Do I need to sign up multiple times? Do I need to sign up every week?

No, a household only needs to sign up once and will continue to receive meals until the federally declared public emergency expires.

5. Can I add someone who’s in a different Parish?

No, a household must be in a participating parish in order to receive meals.

6. Do I need to be home to wait for the delivery?

No.

7. What time will deliveries be made?

Delivery window is 8 am – 8 pm

8. How often will I receive meal deliveries once I receive my confirmation delivery date?

Deliveries will be made weekly.

9. I received an email with my delivery date, but never received my delivery. What should I do?

Deliveries that were not made on the confirmed delivery date, will automatically be rerouted for the following day. If you have not received the package by the following day at 2 pm, please complete the following form and a customer service representative will review your information.
https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/emf/thsfc/misseddelivery

10. What is in a meal kit?

Each shelf-stable meal kit contains enough food for 7 days of breakfast & lunch meals and 5 days of snack & supper meals for one child. Some items may come in individual packets/containers for each day and other items might come in larger containers to be used over multiple days. While each kit will have different items, you can expect the following:

Daily Breakfast:
● Breakfast Grain such as bagel, bread for toast, cereal, oatmeal or grits
● Fruit such as fresh whole fruit, fruit juice or canned fruit
Daily Lunch:
● Grain such as bread, bagel, roll, tortilla, pita, tortilla chips, pasta or rice
● Protein such as nut/seed butter, chicken, tuna, cheese or beans
● Vegetable such as canned vegetables varieties, vegetable juice blends,
● Fruit such as fresh whole fruit, fruit juice or canned fruit Supper:
● Grain such as bread, bagel, roll, tortilla, pita, tortilla chips, pasta or rice
● Protein such as nut/seed butter, chicken, tuna, cheese or beans
● Vegetable such as canned vegetables varieties, vegetable juice blends,
● Fruit such as fresh whole fruit, fruit juice or canned fruit
Snack:
● Grain such as graham crackers, bagel, assorted snack crackers/chips
● Fruit such as fresh whole fruit, fruit juice or canned fruit

Shelf-stable milk is currently unavailable. As shelf-stable milk becomes available, it will be added to the meal kits.

Please note that kits will vary as the food supply change is working hard to produce shelf stable items during this pandemic.

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