My sister thought it might be a good idea to work at out local food kitchen serving a Christmas Eve lunch. Feeding the hungry she said. I had always wanted to do something like this, but never seemed to find the time. Well, I could have found the time, but never did. My sister volunteers there once a month through our church, so she knew how the system worked.
This year, I made the time. I started my X-Mas vacation a day early. I went to the food kitchen around 8:15 met up with my sister, her daughter and one of my nephews, and got busy. We dished out 137 meals, small compared to larger cities, but it seemed like a lot of meals me. Yesterday they served 117 meals. My wife missed the event as she is under the weather a bit.
While we were there, a local gas station chain, came in with a check for what I think was a $1,000. They held a fun raiser to support the food kitchen. A elderly man donated several boxes of bread, cupcakes, hot dog and hamburger buns, for the people to take home. It was all taken. Several people came by to donate items for future meals. And a group was making the meal for the Christmas dinner tomorrow.
I noticed one thing about the homeless, the poor, those who are down on their luck, they all said thank you, or yes sir no sir, and please. How often have you helped someone who "has it made" and hear a thank you? Even the little kids were polite.
I enjoyed the time spent helping out today. If only for a moment, someone's life was made a bit better.
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