Yesterday we went downtown to help out with serving at a large feast for the poor and homeless. This was a huge event and my husband and I were really looking forward to it. When we got there there were thousands of volunteers, more than there was enough work for. There were hundreds of volunteer workers standing around, wishing for work to help the poor and homeless.
What we were really impressed by was the large scale of this feast. There was more than just feeding the guests a meal. There was live entertainment throughout the day. There was a clothes "shopping" area where they could come and get sacks full of clothes and shoes for men, women and children. There were health screenings and free haircuts. There were services to answer questions. They were also handing out bags of non-perishable food items to take with them.
All in all we were very impressed by the scale of the feast and the amount of services offered. My mom had asked how we could go about setting up a feast in our own community. I like the idea, and know that we would have to start on a smaller scale than the one we attended yesterday, but we really do not even know where to begin with such an idea.
If anyone has any insight into how to begin putting on such a feast to help serve a community, please leave your comments here. All information is greatly appreciated.
2 comments:
I think it is soooo wonderful your family helped out with the downtown feast! I'm not sure how to start a local community one, but the IS a great idea.
I would really love to start one in our community. We don't know where to start as far as getting the food and supplies-guessing donations?
thanks for stopping by and for your support of this idea! :)
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