December deadline extended one day!

Due to technical issues, Angel Food Ministries has extended the deadline for December orders to 10:59pm CST, Monday, Dec. 13th. This is for food that will be picked up this Saturday, Dec. 18th. Order online or by calling the national headquarters. 888-819-3745

3 Christmas boxes available from Angel Food

Grocery Relief at New Covenant UMC will be taking orders for the three Christmas specials as well as all other boxes at 5 specific order times from now until December 11th.

The Christmas Dinner Box (Special #4) has an early order deadline, Wednesday, Dec. 8th. We will have 2 Wednesday order times, 12/1 from 10-11am, and 12/8 from 5-6pm. The other two Christmas boxes (Special #5, Christmas Meat and Cheese Special) and (Special #6, Assorted Christmas Fruit Special), along will all of the regular boxes and other specials, can be ordered through Saturday 12/11 at 6pm in person, or Sunday 12/12 at 11pm online.

Here is the December schedule:
Sat. 11/20 - 9-10am
Sat. 11/27 - 5-6pm
Wed. 12/1 - 10-11am
Wed. 12/8 - 5-6pm
Sat. 12/11 - 5-6pm

If someone is in the office, then you can order during the week. Please call 316-943-1884 before coming because there is not always someone available.

November Angel Food deadline extended

The November deadline to order Angel Food has been extended until Sunday November 14th at 10:59pm CST. You can use coupon code Thankful5 for 5% off of a Bread Of Life Signature Box (for online debit/credit card only).

Grocery Relief at New Covenant UMC will have in person ordering Wednesday, November 10, from 5-6pm as previously scheduled. We will also have in person ordering Saturday, November 13, from 5:30-6pm. Online orders can be placed until Sunday, November 14th at 11pm CST.

Orders for the Christmas box that are paid with a Vision card can be placed beginning Saturday, November 13. They will be delivered on December 18.

Grocery Relief changes for the holidays

New Covenant will have different ordering days and times for November and December Angel Food because the distribution days are the Saturdays before Thanksgiving and Christmas, instead of the last Saturday of the month.

Angel Food Ministries has earlier ordering deadlines, so we will have Wednesday evening ordering in addition to Saturday ordering. Thanksgiving Dinner orders are due by the same date as other November orders, but Christmas Dinner orders are due over a week before the rest of the December boxes.

To order for November, Thanksgiving, or the Christmas Dinner box, come to New Covenant
Sat. 10/30 9-10am
Sat. 11/6 5-6pm
Wed. 11/10 5-6pm
Online deadline is Thur. 11/11 at 1pm.

To order for December or Christmas, come to New Covenant
Sat 11/20 9-10am
Sat 11/27 5-6pm
Wed 12/1 10-11am
Online deadline is Wed. 12/1 at 1pm.

To order for December (after the Christmas Dinner deadline), check the December menu or this blog again. We will have a time either on Sat. 12/4 or Wed. 12/8.
Online deadline is Thur. 12/9 at 1pm.

Grocery Relief holiday boxes now available online

Angel Food Ministries has made the Thanksgiving box and the Christmas box available for online pre-ordering. Both holiday boxes cost $36 each.

Grocery Relief at New Covenant will begin taking in person orders at the September distribution on Saturday, September 25th. Due to USDA regulations, Vision card orders for the holiday boxes cannot be placed until 35 days before delivery. That means that Thanksgiving EBT orders begin October 16th, and Christmas EBT orders begin November 13th.

The Thanksgiving box will be delivered with the November regular distribution, on Saturday, November 20th (which is the 3rd Saturday).

The Christmas box will be delivered with the December regular distribution, on Saturday, December 18th (which is the 3rd Saturday).

The contents of the Thanksgiving and Christmas boxes are the same. They each include 7.5 lb. (avg.) All Natural Perdue Roasting Hen, 3 lb. Boneless Netted Ham Roast, 12 oz. Corn Bread Stuffing Mix, 1 lb. Frozen Cranberries, 12 ct. Mini Corn Cobbettes, 2 lb. Green Beans, 2 lb. Diced Sweet Potatoes, 12 ct. Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls, 1.7 oz. Brown Gravy Mix, Dessert, and Recipes and Cooking Instructions.

September Grocery Relief menu available PLUS new phone number

Grocery Relief at New Covenant now has September's schedule and menu available.

There are 3 mixed item boxes now, and you don't have to bring your own box. Small size is Bit O' Blessing Box (formerly a Special for the last few months) for $21. Medium size is Bread of Life Signature Box (the mainstay of Angel Food Ministries) for $31. Large size is Bountiful Blessings Box for $41.

For the Bread of Life Signature Box and the Bountiful Blessings Box, all of the frozen items will come pre-packed, and the milk, eggs, and dry goods will be added by the local volunteers. All of the other boxes will come completely pre-packed, as they have been in the past.

Other boxes this month include the Just-4-Me After School Box, Fast and Flavorful Meals (formerly known as Senior/Convenience Meals), a steak special, a chicken special, and the fruit and vegetable special.

Another change for us is a dedicated phone number for Grocery Relief. We should be able to respond to inquires quicker, and if there are distribution delays due to weather or transportation the message on that phone will have current information.

Call 316 - 265 - 7061 for information about New Covenant's Grocery Relief ministry, a host site of Angel Food Ministries.

Watermelon added to August Fruit/Veg box

New Covenant Grocery Relief is pleased to pass on that Angel Food Ministries has added a small seedless watermelon to Special #5, the Fresh Fruit & Veggie box. The box costs $21 this month, which is $1 less than the previous price.

The signature box is only $29 this month, $1 less, too!

Remember that if you order in person for your first time with New Covenant, we will give you $3 off. If you tell a friend and they remember to tell us on their first order, then you get $1 off the next time you order.

Next Grocery Distribution

New Covenant UMC's July Grocery Relief distribution is this Saturday, July 31st, from 9-10am.

The August Angel Food menu is available online. There are several changes from AFM, including lower prices on some popular boxes!

Ordering changes
With New Covenant's worship changing to Saturday evening, our Sunday afternoon ordering times are being phased out. Ordering on distribution Saturday is the most convenient, if you have the money available, then you won't have to make another trip to the church. We also will take orders on other Saturdays during the month, beginning at 5:00pm, prior to the 6:30pm worship time.

If Saturday ordering is not convenient, you may order during the week, but please call first to make sure someone is available.

Online ordering is available 24/7 with a debit or credit card, but there is a $2 convenience fee.
Vision card orders must be done in person.

Advertising
We would like help getting the word out about Angel Food Ministries and New Covenant's Grocery Relief. If you know of a group or business that would be willing to have flyers available, please let me know. We also have general flyers, without a monthly menu, that are available for distribution.

There are changes happening this summer at New Covenant United Methodist Church that will affect our Grocery Relief ministry.

Distribution days will remain on the scheduled Saturday of the month, from 9 am - 10 am. However, order days and times will change.

New Covenant is moving to a Saturday worship celebration service beginning this coming weekend, July 10th. Worship will start at 6:30 pm, and you are welcome to join us!

Due to this change, we are phasing out the Grocery Relief ordering times that began after worship on Sundays. Saturday order times will shift to later in the afternoon, going from 5:00 to 6:30 pm on the appropriate Saturdays. Weekday ordering will remain available when either the pastor or administrative assistant is at the church (please call 943-1884 for availability).

Other news: New Covenant is having an auction on Saturday, July 24, beginning at 10:00 am at 3323 W. Maple. It will include choir robes, sheet music, restaurant items, catering & banquet furnishings, office furniture, craft & youth program items, Bibles, hymnals, many other religious books, podiums, round & rectangular tables, and much more. The preview will be Friday, July 23, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. See http://tinyurl.com/NCauction for photos, a list of some of the items, and contact info for the auctioneer.

Here is the summer Grocery Relief schedule:
JULY
Order: Saturday, July 17, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Order: Sunday, July 18, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Order: Sunday, July 25, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (in person deadline)
Deadline: Sunday, July 25, 11:00 pm (online)
Distribution: Saturday, July 31, 9:00 am - 10:00 am

AUGUST
Order: Saturday, July 31, 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Order: Sunday, August 1, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Order: Saturday, August 14, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Order: Sunday, August 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Order: Saturday, August 21, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Order: Sunday, August 22, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (in person deadline)
Deadline: Sunday, August 22, 11:00 pm (online)
Distribution: Saturday, August 28, 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Angel Food Ministries announces June incentives

New Covenant's Grocery Relief is happy to announce that AFM is having some incentives for June. Coupon codes for online ordering are also available.

Each person who orders in June and has an email address will be entered into a drawing for $500. If you have an email address and have not given it when you ordered in the past, please contact Nancy at New Covenant to get it input into the system.

Each person who orders 3 or more boxes will get a second entry in the drawing.

Each host site that increases their total order by 10 boxes over May will receive $25 as a donation. The host site will also receive one entry per 10 extra boxes in a drawing for $5000.

This month's Signature Box is pork free, so the coupon code for 10% ($3.00) off is PORKFREE10. Special #3 the Flavored Hamburger Grill Box also has an online coupon code for 10% ($1.90) off. It is GRILL10. These codes can only be used with online ordering and are good for the first 2000 uses nationally.

And finally, thank you to everyone who took some time to visit with us last Saturday during and after distribution for our 1000th box celebration! It is an honor and pleasure to be able to serve our neighbors and help people save money on their groceries.

June Angel Food menu is available

New Covenant church is now taking orders for June's Grocery Relief. The Angel Food menu is available online at the AFM website. Our printable flyer will be posted soon.

Look for me at the Delano Community Farmer's Market this Wednesday in the parking lot behind the Senior Center - 200 S. Walnut. I plan to have general information flyers, June's menu/flyer, and be available for taking orders (cash or Vision card).

Big Celebration Planned for May 22nd

New Covenant UMC's Grocery Relief is celebrating 18 months of ministry and 1000 boxes of Angel Food distributed with a community party on Saturday, May 22nd, from 9-11am.

May orders can be placed in person on Saturday May 8, Sunday May 9, and Sunday May 16. We will be giving away 2 free steaks for every 10th box ordered for May. Help us reach 100 boxes of food in May. Distribution is at the regular time, from 9-10am.

There will be refreshments, balloons, and door prizes at the party, so come even if you don't order and need to be there to pick up your food.

April ordering deadline extended

Angel Food Ministries has extended the ordering period for April's distribution (which is Sat. 4/24).

I will be at New Covenant taking Grocery Relief orders from 12:00 noon to 12:30 pm on Sunday, April 18. Online ordering is also extended, through 1pm, Monday, April 19. (The signature coupon code is no longer valid, but SEAFOOD5 should still work.)

Extra Grocery Relief Discounts

If you order Angel Food online for New Covenant's Grocery Relief, then you can save a little money by using the online coupon codes. Usually they only help offset the convenience fee (which is $2) for ordering online with your debit or credit card, but this month one of them covers that and an extra dollar off!

Aprilsig10 for 10% ($3) off a signature box.
Seafood5 for for 5% ($1.75) off a premium seafood variety box.

April online coupon codes are good for the whole month. That means you can use them when ordering for MAY toward the end of April after the menu switches over.

For in person discounts, New Covenant offers $3 off a first time order, and a $1 referral incentive.

Great distribution despite late truck

Thanks to dedicated volunteers and very understanding customers, New Covenant UMC had another great Grocery Relief Saturday.

The semi delivering Angel Food to the drop site in east Wichita was over an hour late, for the second month in a row. In the 18 months we have been doing this, last month was the first time we had to delay distribution. Despite the delay, the crew of 17 volunteers moved 75 boxes of food into the hands of 34 families in about an hour.

March distribution is Saturday. April ordering now available.

This Saturday, March 27, is Angel Food distribution day. We will begin taking in-person orders Saturday, also. Online orders for April are open now.

There are 12 items on April's menu! I think that must be a record. I had to redesign our flyer to get everything to fit! Besides the flyer layout change, New Covenant is making a couple of other changes beginning with April's order.

We are dropping the free box drawing and will have a swap table instead. If there is an item in the Signature box that you do not want, you can trade it for something similar (meat for meat, non-meat for non-meat).

We also have a referral incentive. First time customers who order in person will receive $3 off their first order. If a friend referred them, the friend will get $1 off the next month (or later month if they don't order every month). Pick up extra menus or the business card with our 6 month schedule. Spread the word!

We also have a non-dated general Grocery Relief / Angel Food flyer that can be distributed. If you know of a business or organization, particularly in the Delano area, that would be willing to have these available, please let me know. Email groceryrelief @ newcovumc.org or call New Covenant at 316-943-1884 and leave a message for Nancy.

March Angel Food ordering available

New Covenant's Grocery Relief ministry is distributing February Angel Food this Saturday.

March ordering is available online now, or in person starting Saturday.

There are 2 new items for March, and they both have coupon codes! The After School Box is 4 kid-friendly protein filled snack times. SCHOOL5 will get you 5% ($1.05) off the $21 box of mozzarella stuffed breadsticks, chicken rings, chicken and cheese nuggets, and mini corndogs. FAM5 will get you 5% ($1.75) off the $35 4x4 Family Meal Kits special. Special #4 is 4 meals that serve 4 people, each with a meat, potato medley or rice, and vegetable. A picture menu is available here, but I have to admit that I would rather look at cooked meat instead of raw.

We are still doing a monthly drawing for a free Signature box of Angel Food. No purchase necessary. Just come by the church to sign up.

February Grocery Relief special offers

To encourage people to spread the word about Angel Food, New Covenant's Grocery Relief ministry has 2 new special offers.

For telling a friend, you save $1 the month after they tell us you referred them. This is unlimited, if you tell 10 people who order for the first time and give us your name, then you save $10 next month!

If you are ordering for the first time (and ordering in person), we will give you $3 off when we add you to our database.

Both of these are good for in-person orders at New Covenant UMC only. The next in-person ordering dates are February 13, 11am-1pm, and February 14, 12-3pm.

If you order online, you can use the coupon code FEB5 from AFM to get 5% ($1.50) off a signature box. This helps offset the $2 per order convenience fee.

January Order Deadline Extended

AFM has announced a change to the order deadline for January. Online orders can now be made through 4pm (Central) on Monday, January 18. Each host site has the discretion to extend in-person orders if they so choose. I will be available at New Covenant (1718 W. Douglas) from 12-1 pm Sunday after church for additional orders. Only cash or EBT please.

January ordering still available

Orders for January 23rd's Angel Food distribution can still be placed online, through Friday, January 15, 1pm (local time). In person ordering has closed for January.