Thursday 20 April 2017

Table Of Plenty And How To Do Volunteer Work

By Donald Perry


There are a lot of groups that tries to help their community in every way possible. These are usually voluntary works organized by concerned citizens such as serving dinner, building houses and other ways that could assist those who need it. These groups can do these things with the assistance from others through donations in the form of money, in kind or time for this united vision.

The most common of this voluntarism that can be found in communities are free dinners for those that are experiencing hardships. An example of this is the organization Table of Plenty HMB which serves dinner on Thursdays every week. They serve those struggling financially, just recently lost a job, elderly, homeless and others in Half Moon Bay, CA and areas nearby.

Food preparation is done by the volunteers with donations coming from others in the form of ingredients or finances. Ingredients that they use in cooking sometimes came from homegrown plants in gardens of people from the community. The meat sometimes even came from animals raised by them and other organizations lending their assistance.

Uniforms are being worn by the volunteers with a smile on their face while serving those eating inside their dinner hall. Tables are covered in linen clothe and in its center are flowers decorating it with beautiful musical background playing. This give an ambiance of being inside a classy restaurant which majority of them might have not, will not or will not again experience going to.

You can be part of this as a volunteer as well by just approaching the one in charge and telling them of your wish to do so. This is a very great activity for your children to do as most of them like the experience they had. Both children and adults alike will become more aware of the need of the unfortunate members of the community.

If you wish to organize one in your own community something like this, you can do so and help those around you. First, you must gather like minded individuals that have similar intentions as you and create your own group to start the planning. Approaching the local church would also help you get more assistance from its members in your new mission.

Then, search for a large enough place that can hold many people who will be eating the meals you would be serving. There is a chance that your local church would have a place big enough for this need and ask them if you could use it. If there is no available space there then try asking the public school in your community if their gym is available for use.

After finding a place for this then start deciding on what meals to serve. It would be easier for you if you would cook something that a lot of people can eat. Healthy foods are the better choice with other options for those unable to eat particular type of food.

Assigned each volunteers their main responsibility like cooking or serving. They could help each other though when it is needed. Set the date of the dinner and invite everyone to come in and eat in there.




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