After getting lost several times this morning, we made it to the Holy Apostle's Soup Kitchen very behind schedule. Since we were so late we had to throw on our hats, aprons and gloves and dive into our tasks. I was assigned to the "extra bread" station where I buttered hot dog and hamburger buns, crescent rolls and Italian bread like nobody's business. 2 1/2 hours and 900 meals later we cleaned up and ate as well and learned a little bit about HASK.
HASK serves lunch every day of the week from 10:30-12:30, I can't remember exactly how many meals they serve on average, but we served 900 today, and that was considered normal. The coolest thing about HASK is all the partners they work with, once a week they have a medical bus, a chiropractor, a message therapist and a substance abuse counselor come in to work with the guests.
The only disappointing part of the day was not being able to interact with any of the guests that came in to eat since I was facing a wall the entire time I was working. Tomorrow we're working in another soup kitchen so hopefully I can get in some conversations with the guests tomorrow.
