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Meal train sign-up

A calm way to feed a family through a hard few weeks: one cook per night, and the drop-off details in one place. The builder is already filled in: edit anything, then share the link.

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The sheet deletes itself 30 days after this date (90 days after today with no date).

Slots and spots per slot12 slots · max 50

Each slot is one thing to bring or one shift, with how many people it needs. Press Enter in a slot to add the next one.

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No accounts, no emails, no ads. People sign up with a first name. You get a share link and a private organizer link.

Meals for the Rivera family

Drop-off between 5 and 6 pm on the porch cooler. Family of 4, no shellfish. Disposable containers please.

2 of 15 spots filled

  1. Monday dinner (week 1)0/1 · 1 open
  2. Tuesday dinner (week 1)0/1 · 1 open
  3. Wednesday dinner (week 1)0/1 · 1 open
  4. Thursday dinner (week 1)0/1 · 1 open
  5. Friday dinner (week 1)0/1 · 1 open
  6. Monday dinner (week 2)0/1 · 1 open
  7. Tuesday dinner (week 2)0/1 · 1 open
  8. Wednesday dinner (week 2)0/1 · 1 open
  9. Thursday dinner (week 2)0/1 · 1 open
  10. Friday dinner (week 2)0/1 · 1 open
  11. Grocery run1/2 · 1 open
    • Priya
  12. Gift card for takeout1/3 · 2 open
    • Jo lemon bars

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How to run a meal train sign-up

When a family has a new baby, a surgery or a loss, friends want to help, and the family doesn't want to coordinate it. A meal train puts one cook on each night so meals don't pile up on Monday and stop by Thursday. The note at the top carries what everyone needs to know: drop-off time, how many people, allergies and preferences. Helpers sign up with a first name only and can remove themselves if plans change. Unlike many meal-train sites there are no ads on the page and nobody has to make an account to bring a lasagna.

  1. Ask the family about allergies, portions and a drop-off spot, and put all of it in the note.
  2. Keep or trim the nights. Two weeks of weeknights is a common first run; you can add more later.
  3. Create the sheet and share the link with friends, coworkers or the congregation. Keep the organizer link for yourself.
  4. If the family needs a quiet night, use the organizer link to remove that slot.

Tips

  • Use a porch cooler for drop-off so the family doesn't have to host visitors.
  • Grocery run and takeout gift card slots let faraway friends help too.
  • Ask for disposable containers in the note so nobody has to return dishes.
  • Set the date to the last meal: the sheet and every name on it delete themselves 30 days later.
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