Montana Women For

July Loaves and Fishes dinner

Moderator — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:20:51 +0000

Location: Loaves and Fishes of Livingston 301 S. Main St
Start Time: 2:30 pm
Date: 2010-07-29
End Time: 18:30

Description: Our next Loaves & Fishes dinner is Thursday, July 29. We’re enjoying the heat of summer by offering Mexican Burger Casserole, salad and dessert. Thanks to the folks who helped in June, and particularly to Priscilla who agreed to coordinate the day and close up when I had to be out of town.

We need volunteers to make casseroles; one recipe is pasted below or you’re welcome to use your own recipe. Loaves and Fishes has plenty of beef and wild game burger, so I will pick up frozen burger packages to distribute to anyone volunteering to make a casserole. I’ll also see if they have some medium cans of stewed tomatoes. We’ll pull together a salad there.

Once again, I will be out of town – this time in the Great Falls area. Is anyone available to coordinate the serving and closing that evening? As I mentioned last month, it actually goes pretty smoothly because of the seasoned help we have. I will work with you beforehand on what’s needed that day.

Can you provide a Mexican burger casserole or dessert? You can drop off the casserole or dessert at Loaves and Fishes between noon and 1 pm on Thursday, July 29.

We will as usual need a crew of folks to work that afternoon from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm to make the salad, coordinate the meal, serve and clean up. Can you help that afternoon, or some part of that time?

Please email me to let me know if you can help by coordinating the work that day, provide the casserole or dessert, or if you can help with the single shift that day (jsouvigney@onemain.com).

Thanks, everyone.

Cheers!

Jeanne

Jeanne-Marie Souvigney

jsouvigney@onemain.com

(406) 581-8942 (c)

Mexican Casserole

1 lb. lean ground beef
2 ½ tsp. chili powder
¼ cup water
1 cup chopped green onion (white and green parts)
1 medium can stewed tomatoes
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small package of tortilla chips
1 can diced green chili peppers
1 can chili beans in sauce, undrained
1 - 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste

Brown meat, season with salt, pepper and chili powder. Add water and simmer until most of moisture is gone.

Line 13×9 pan with tortilla chips. Layer rest of the ingredients in this order: soup, meat, beans, onions, tomatoes, peppers, cheese.

Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

No meeting in July

Moderator — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:09:06 +0000

There will be no membership meeting in July. We’ll see you in August.

Ride 4 Rangzen

Moderator — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:21:20 +0000

Jim Petersen (aka Tenzin Tenkyong), a local man with a strong commitment to protest in support of Tibetan Freedom, is riding a recumbent tricycle 2000 - 3000 miles from Livingston to Toronto to raise awareness about the struggles of the Tibetans under the oppression of the Peoples Republic of China, and to raise money for the following organizations:

Tibetan Women’s Association www.tibetanwomen.org

Students for a Free Tibet www.studentsforafreetibet.org

tibetan youth congress www.tibetanyouthcongress.org

Gu Chu Sum (association of former political prisoners in Dharamsala) www.guchusum.org

Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation in Helena www.tibetanchildrenseducation.org

Lhasa Montana www.lhasamontana.com

Jim will also deliver to His Holiness Dalai Lama XIV a long list of Americans who pledge to speak out for Tibet.

If you would like to support Jim’s efforts please contact him at Tentenkyong2008@gmail.com

Our Senators Voted for Peace -Please thank them

Moderator — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:05:36 +0000

On May 27th, both of Montana’s Senators — Jon Tester and Max Baucus — VOTED FOR THE FEINGOLD AMENDMENT (S.4204) TO
REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO PREPARE AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING A TIME TABLE. Only 18 Senators voted for the amendment. The final vote was 80 to 18 against, so the amendment was rejected. Still, it is encouraging that both of our Senators voted FOR the amendment.

Please take the time to write, email, or phone both of them and thank them for their vote. We need to make sure that they know there is support out there when they do the right thing. Here is contact information :

Max Baucus
email contact: http://baucus.senate.gov/?p=contact
Bozeman office:
220 West Lamme
Ste 1D
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-6104

Jon Tester
email contact: http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/index.cfm
Bozeman office:
Avant Courier Building
1 E Main Street, Suite 202
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: (406) 586-4450
Fax: (406) 586-7647

If you really don’t want to compose your own note of thanks, you can use the following link that was set up by the Friends Committee on National Legislation to help people contact their Senators on this issue: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/2/?a=15081456&i=62173616&c= Enter your zip code and it will take you to a page where you can write your own thank you note, or click on some prepared text to enter it.