We were blown away by the amount of clothes and items that people brought to donate. Thank you so much for taking time out on your Saturday to come and be involved. We were able to serve almost twice the the amount of people as we did last time and we were able to give away countless numbers of much needed items. The people we got to meet were so incredibly grateful, some of the them were able to get shoes, suits, jackets and other items that really lifted their spirits.
Two awesome things happened that day as well. While we were serving a man rode up on his motorcycle, donated to the event and then asked if he could jump in line and help serve. It was such a cool thing and we were definitely blessed to meet such a warm hearted man. A few minutes later another man drove up and drove off a couple pairs of shoes and some clothes he had in car. He said he had been looking for a place to give them and then he saw us on the corner so he stopped. We just really love the free flowing effect of love that the event had. We want anyone an everyone to feel involved and like they can just jump in and connect with what's going on.
We will be going out in smaller bursts over the next few weeks. We plan to do a pizza run to some of the metro stations late at night. Homeless people are not allowed in the parks after 7:00 so they are pushed to different areas of the city and we found that Metro stations become one of them. So getting a dozen pizza's and heading out is on the horizon.
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