The last Sunday of every month, we give the homeless a hot meal! We had about 70 show up to eat today, up from the low of forty; when we had to relocate. Our high was close to 300, so we have a ways to go to rebuild.
Our new location allows us to set up on a patio, and for the first time; plug into real power, and not use the generators!
The is setting up:
As you can see, the patio is much better than the canopies we were using!
This is an Elder from my Church:
I asked him to come see what we do, so the church could help. That was three years ago, and he never missed a homeless meal now! He has taken charge of the drinks, and makes sure everyone gets whatever drinks they want. We had iced tea, ice water, and cold water bottles.
Starting up one of the grills:
They had fried egg sandwiches (by request), and grilled cheese sandwiches. They love them Hot!
Here is the spaghetti and garlic bread:
This guy has helped serve for the last eight years. He also cook some of the menu at his house. We have about ten kitchens making food each month, including two church kitchens. Please excuse the finger I got into frame; this is a new phone, and the camera is in a different location!
Table is almost ready to serve:
From the bottom we have; Mac and cheese, garlic bread, spaghetti, barbeque beef, chicken and rice, beef stew, then the grill frying eggs for the sandwiches. Those are being assembled at the far side of the grill. There is a smaller grill behind the big grill, that is cooking the grilled cheese sandwiches. We have to use two grills to keep up with the serving line.
My volunteers, whom I am very proud of;
This is kind of the "end" of the line TV
More volunteers in the center of the line;
This is where the lion's share of the food is served out. We put one volunteer for each roaster.
The start of the line;
The Man in the hat has been passing out plates for us for two years. He was in a wheelchair originally, but is healing. Now he can walk, and still needs to sit; but he has been a faithful volunteer!
The Lady in the pink shirt is cooking the toasted cheese sandwiches. She stayed real busy!
I avoided pictures of the homeless, because a lot of the homeless don't like their pictures taken. They are good people, in a bad spot; and GOD loves them a great deal!
Be blessed