Wednesday, May 26, 2010
If you had nothing to eat for 2 days and could choose only one thing to eat what would it be? And Why that specific food? This is what many of low income people in the greater Cleveland area face on a regular basis.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Volunteering
Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Yesterday we went to check out the hot-meal program at Cory Hunger Center and interview some of the volunteers. Since 1982, Cory Hunger Center has been providing a hot-meal for those in need for the last seven days of each month. There is one volunteer that has been at Cory's since its start in 1982 and she had lots to share with us about why she volunteers.
Pauline is an 81 year old widow with no children. She worked as a domestic engineer for well over thirty years and was still working when she began to volunteer at Cory's. In her hand she held a weathered pamphlet from 1988 recognizing those who had donated to the program as well as the volunteers there. Pauline had brought the pamphlet with her so that she would not forget anything. When asked what her favorite memories were from her volunteer work at the center, Pauline pointed to the list of volunteers on the back of the pamphlet and said "working with these people here." Though many of those people listed are no longer there, Pauline has never left. The last seven days of the month are what she looks forward to during those three weeks that she is not providing hot-meals for those in need in her community. Pauline loves to make connections with those she is helping as well as the people she is volunteering with. In the 28 years that Cory's has been running, it has only closed down once for a couple of months, but Pauline described those few months as "miserable." It is because of dedicated volunteers like Pauline that places like Cory's continue to serve the hungry in their communities.
Much of the success of the Hunger Network is in part to dedicated volunteers like Pauline. Many of the volunteers we meet are retired and we encourage the younger working generation to volunteer as well. Anyone can volunteer and it is a great way to give back to the community.
Pauline is an 81 year old widow with no children. She worked as a domestic engineer for well over thirty years and was still working when she began to volunteer at Cory's. In her hand she held a weathered pamphlet from 1988 recognizing those who had donated to the program as well as the volunteers there. Pauline had brought the pamphlet with her so that she would not forget anything. When asked what her favorite memories were from her volunteer work at the center, Pauline pointed to the list of volunteers on the back of the pamphlet and said "working with these people here." Though many of those people listed are no longer there, Pauline has never left. The last seven days of the month are what she looks forward to during those three weeks that she is not providing hot-meals for those in need in her community. Pauline loves to make connections with those she is helping as well as the people she is volunteering with. In the 28 years that Cory's has been running, it has only closed down once for a couple of months, but Pauline described those few months as "miserable." It is because of dedicated volunteers like Pauline that places like Cory's continue to serve the hungry in their communities.
Much of the success of the Hunger Network is in part to dedicated volunteers like Pauline. Many of the volunteers we meet are retired and we encourage the younger working generation to volunteer as well. Anyone can volunteer and it is a great way to give back to the community.
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