Today is the 4th Thursday of the month and St. Jude's Day to feed the poor/homeless. Since my friend( and the chair of the committee) Ruth is ill, I played her role and Buppa took my part. I have been on and off the phone with some people who can or can't cook for a couple of days. Had it all organized and come ten to four, some ladies started to drop off their food. At the same time, it began to rain------about 9 months a year, it rains or snows or is 90 degrees on the 4th Thursday and today was no different! We started off to pick up and the first stop forgot and the 2nd stop wasn't home. The next two had their stuff and were waitng for us. Arrived at the church and got a few of the "clientle" to help carry the stuff inside. There are 2 new fellows in charge and they were happy to see us. We needed to set up the food and the people who usually do this hadn't arrived, so Dad was in charge of slicing the meat loaf and I was organizing the rest. Three young high schoolers from the parish and 1 of the parents came at 5:00 and they said they would serve--one potatoes , 1 on vegetables and 1 on bread and milk . The parent said she would help the kids with cleanup, so we were all set. Seemed most everyone sent bananas for dessert but they were gone in a minute---they seem to love bananas!! One person didn't have time to cook so went to Chateau and brought Chicken Parmigian, sauce, bread and salad for about 4 persons. We saved it til the end so they wouldn't be fighting over it. It worked out well.
We were back home by 5:30 with another job well done and about 60 people well nourished thanks to the volunteers from St. Jude's Parish.
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