Well yesterday student council and I went to go feed the homeless, or as they call them "The Working Poor". They really didn't seem that appreciative for the food, it’s almost like they aspect what they’re getting from the soup kitchen. They get so wrapped up into their regular life’s that they forget that this is a free meal and to be great full for it. The only person that was really nice to Spicy Brown and I was this one black lady with two kids. She was so grateful for the food, she said thank you to us as she sat down. Just her expression told her story about how much she appreciated that meal. She had a smile on her face the whole night it was almost like she knew that this was the place where she could go to find peace in her life. Most of the people that were there eating their food were so rude, they didn't even say one word to us as we sat them down at the table. Honestly I think the people think it’s a free restaurant. The soup kitchen only serves dinner from 4:30 to 6:30. Two hours for the people of the community to come together to eat and relieve stress, forget about all the other troubles they are going through in their everyday life’s.
Volunteering is really something good to look forward in your life, it really helps you to enjoy and be grateful for what you have in your life. After the first time I went to the soup kitchen I just wanted to come home and cry it was like a moment of truth for me, to learn not to take things for granted and be grateful for what I have.
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