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Why Snacks? Learning about Jesus while creating with food and eating snacks—kids love it! At Snacks, you use really tasty and nourishing food to help the kids remember the Bible stories and Take-Home Points—and to energize the kids for more VBS fun. These snacks are easy and fun for kids to make themselves. How Do Snacks Work at VBS? After the Opening, the kids rotate to five sites, including yours, Snacks. They'll move in Teams of six kids with their Team Leader. You'll have a Rotation Group of five Teams (thirty kids plus five Leaders) at your site for each twenty-minute rotation. What Do Snack Leaders Do? Before VBS, do these things to get ready: ■ Pray for the kids at Rainforest Explorers VBS. Read the Bible stories, Leader Devotions, and lessons every day. ■ Gather snack supplies. Ask your Director for the Snacks Master Supply List on the Director USB. ■ Ask for food donations to stretch your budget. Do this as early as possible. ■ Recruit volunteers. The kitchen is a popular place— volunteers love helping at your site. ■ Ask your Director to identify kids with food allergies. Typical allergens are avoided in the snacks. ■ Attend training with other volunteers. Look on the back page to learn how to share the Take-Home Point. During VBS, Do These Things: ■ Before each lesson time, complete any advance preparations for the snack. ■ Arrive early and use the lesson guide to prepare. Plan your preparation so you can go to Opening. ■ Using the lesson guide, demonstrate how to make the snack and connect it to the Bible story and Take-Home Point. ■ Pray with other volunteers that you will share the Good News of Jesus, our Savior, by the words you say and the snacks you provide! Follow These Sanitation Tips ■ Every child should wash or sanitize his or her hands before handling food or snack supplies. ■ Sanitize all sinks regularly by washing, rinsing, and spraying with sanitizing solution. ■ Wear plastic food-service gloves when preparing and serving food. ■ Tie back hair that is shoulder length or longer. ■ Sanitize and air-dry surfaces between rotations. ■ Use separate, disposable utensils for each ingredient. Sanitize utensils if you reuse them. ■ After eating, clean hands and faces with wet wipes or another method. Tips for Helping Kids with Allergies ■ To help kids with food allergies stay healthy, be aware of common allergens (milk, peanuts, eggs, tree nuts, and wheat) in your snacks. ■ Check registration forms to identify and list kids with severe allergies. ■ Contact those parents. Provide them with a list of all the snacks. Parents may provide their own safe snack and any needed antidotes for their child. ■ Post a list of the kids' names, types of allergies, and Team Leaders where the snack staff can see it. Include volunteers with allergies on the list. ■ Familiarize yourself with allergic-reaction symptoms. ■ Make a plan for how to handle an allergy emergency. Consider contacting a dietitian for alternative snack ideas. Setting Up Your Snack Site ■ Think practically. Set up tables and chairs for enough people in your groups. ■ Set up a table for supplies and demonstration. Add a sign with the snack's name each day. ■ Decorate your site! Create a rainforest feel with the decorating ideas found in the Director USB. ■ Check out the VBS website (cph.org/vbs2020) for more resources and ideas. Snack Prayers God Is Great God is great and God is good, And we thank Him for our food; By His hand may we be led. Give us, Lord, our daily bread. Amen. Thank You (Sing to the tune of "Jesus Loves Me.") Thank You for the world so sweet. Thank You for the food we eat. Thank You for the birds that sing. Thank You, God, for everything.

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