Nineth Feed - Stories

Nineth feed was pretty mellow. I sent out a last minute "Not many people have RSVP'd" type email. It was met with pretty good response so I planned for about 15 people. Although there were only 7 of us, we still served a lot of people.

I sent a group of 5 people to the 5th Avenue shopping area, telling them to bring as many bags with them as they could ... and they did. I think they all had at least two bags full of bags.

Meanwhile Greg and I loaded two HUGE duffle bags full of bags into my truck and headed down to the Viaduct. After walking around for a while and seeing hardly anyone, we headed back to my truck to try another spot. On the walk back we noticed a number of tents, more spread out than usual and in a slightly different spot. They all seemed pretty bunked down for the night so we just left the bags at the tent doors. We did see Gustav the Roosters' tent, so hopefully he is safe and sound.

Then we drove up to I5 near Yessler, where people often hang out mere feet away from cars driving 60+ mph. There were no individuals hanging out as there sometimes are but we did serve a number of tents that were setup in the grassy area next to the fence.

Occidental park was intersting, as we came across a church group praying with people and handing out cloths. It was a bit strange as we didn't know what was going on at first and tried to serve some of them ... as they were huddled in a group praying. I think the Peoples of Occidental Park were a bit confused by all the attention, but people were served so all is good.

Yessler park had a number of people hanging out, even one gentleman who was more interested in the bag then the food. Near there was a group of people that were waiting for the shelter to open up and they cleaned us out; all very thankful.

That's really that, fairly mellow night but fruitful none the less.

Next event is the Saturday event, how appropriate that our Tenth Feed is a big Saturday multiple group event. I have no idea how we are going to pull it off ... but that's half the fun now isn't it?!?! More on that next week

ToddS
todd@wetfoot.net