Blog for 2/17/2009

We are a little behind in blogging! So I will attempt to catch up on this lazy Boston Sunday, covered with snow.

For the Sandwich Run on 2/17/2009, Lyndsey Carpenter co-led the event along with myself. The run of the night was not an "open" event as usual, but was directed towards all participants of Lesley's Alternative Spring Break to Asheville, North Carolina. These individuals will choose to spend their Spring Break helping in the Asheville community with Habitat for Humanity. Other groups will travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina to work with Habitat for Humanity and also Camden, New Jersey to participate in several projects focused around social justice.

Nine people from the Asheville group were able to come out on this night, making 20 bag dinners total and even adding candy bars in to spread some Valentine's Day spirit- for those who wanted it.

During the debrief, I asked (as I always do): "How can you tell if someone is homeless? Is there a way to tell?" (After all this time and all of these sandwich runs, I still don't know the answer and perhaps never will.) One person suggested that the energy someone gives off could be an indicator. She expanded on this and stated that sometimes people who are homeless do not want to connect with others. This is an interesting thought and it further shows that every person we meet throughout our lives is different; homeless, not homeless, hungry, or not hungry.