On Christmas Day 2019, I had the opportunity to go out with the Outreach team at The Salvation Army to provide food to those people who are sleeping rough or may be couch surfing. This experience was incredible, I was already fully aware of what major issue homelessness was, but I continued to learn and grow through this experience.
First, we headed into the Salvation Army Warehouse where they had a jumble of different donations, and we stocked up on sandwiches, soup, coffee, and milo. There was also boxes of chocolates for every person who came to the van as a Christmas gift. Then we were off, we went to 2 different locations, the first location was very shocking as they had a kid there only a little bit older than me. At both locations I served soup and coffee, this was a very busy job as I had never served coffee before, but I enjoyed being able to talk to the people as I figured out how to use the machines.
The second stop had a group of very interesting people, I enjoyed learning a bit more about their stories. As it was Christmas Day, the chocolate boxes were a wonderful surprise. I thought that this was very special as it wasn’t necessary but it was very appreciated. If I got the chance, I would love to do it next year too.
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