The servers are all the teens in the youth group, and they work really hard. Sarah got there at 8AM and didn't leave until after 8PM. The spaghetti sauce is all made from scratch, with fresh parsley, basil and oregano. Stripping all those herbs took a while, even with six of us doing it!
Most of the kids did black pants and a t-shirt for their country--one of the girls at the "France" table wore a very cute beret. Luckily, we have some Hindi friends who let us have some clothes and borrow a few table decorations and jewelry. Sarah got a lot of compliments on her outfit.
There is also a paper bag raffle, where people donate items. Each item has a paper bag in front of it, and you put however many tickets in each bag. Tickets were $1 each, or 25 for $20. People brought in English Muffin Bread, puzzles, books, pies, tote bags, handmade pillowcases, a gift certificate for a massage, framed art, a tv, and several movie night baskets. Since I am thoroughly behind the eight ball this year, Sarah made a batch of fudge on Friday night, and we threw a cookbook in with it in a cute Easter basket. We ended up winning it ourselves! But when some friends of ours at our table had said that they'd put in for it as well, I happily passed it on, because more fudge in this house is NOT what I need right now. Some other friends of ours won both of the homemade Polish sausages, so they let us have one. It's in the freezer now, waiting for me to figure out what to do with it.
So after a salad with Ceasar dressing, a plate of spaghetti I couldn't begin to finish, and some truly decadent desserts (Sarah made Halava, which was good, but had enough leftovers for her to have for breakfast) , my weight is up a little this morning. Which is fine by me--unlike my McDonald's breakfast of a few weeks ago, it was all totally worth it. My motto is, "everything in moderation, including moderation!"
Oh, and the youth group raised about $2200! W00t!
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