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Old 08-05-2009, 08:47 PM
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Sorry Cap, I'm part of a large group and we always seem to have an excess of people who donate, we never want for anything at our picnics or other functions. I've also been a part of a small Celebrate Recovery group, every week we each brought something small and had a fine "meeting after the meeting" with plenty of food.

I hate to sound smug about this, but sometimes it comes down to "if you want something done right you might have to do it yourself". Our large group has an appointed "entertainment committee", for our picnics they do the shopping and provide enough food and beverages for all, and without fail half of the people who come bring a donation. They also handle our holiday meals. As for the smaller meetings I've chaired where we had snacks for "birthday night", I've just picked up enough food for everyone to have a small plateful, I try not to have expectations, and I've never felt too let down.

I hope you find a peaceful and serene solution to this. I'm sure it's a little frustrating
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