Ogle County Agriculture in the Classroom is holding a freezer meal fundraiser

casserole coming out of oven

OREGON, Ill.— Meals made easy and for a great cause! Have you been searching for a way to make dinner preparation simple? We have a great opportunity for you to take a night off from cooking. These freezer meal sets also make a great gift.  

Order 10 delicious meals that have been prepared & frozen for your convenience. Each meal serves 3 to 5 people. Meals include: pulled pork, pulled pork mac & cheese, chicken bacon ranch pasta, smoked kielbasa sausage, chicken & biscuits, BBQ pulled chicken, grilled chicken, boneless ribs with bacon cheddar mashed potatoes, sweet chili meatballs with rice, and green bean casserole with tater tots. Is your mouth watering?

Cost for the 10 meals is $195 cash/check or $200 credit card. Proceeds benefit the Ogle-Carroll Ag in the Classroom Program. There are 2 ways to order:

  1. Mail your name, phone number, number of meal sets (they come in a set of 10 meals), and payment to: 811 S Clay Street, Mt. Carroll, IL 61053.  Make checks payable to: Ogle-Carroll Ag Partnership (OCAP).  
  2. You can order online at go.illinois.edu/freezermeals 

Place your order by noon on Wednesday, September 3. Meal pick-up is September 30 from 4-5 pm at the University of Illinois Extension office, 421 W Pines Rd, Oregon.  Please contact the office at 815-732-2191 or e-mail charbm@illinois.edu with any questions.

Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) is a statewide educational program with lessons offered to Kindergarten through 8th grade. Its goal is to help students, teachers, and the general public gain greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society. Ag in the Classroom is offered through the University of Illinois Extension Ogle County in partnership with Ogle County Farm Bureau, Carroll County Farm Bureau, Ogle County Soil & Water, and Carroll County Soil & Water.

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in programming, contact the Ogle County Extension office, 815-732-2191. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your needs.

 

About Extension

University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.