Feeding the Hungry

Yesterday some teammates and I went to the Edgewater Mall in Biloxi and did a capping/recruiting event. We set up a table and were there for 2 hours and only had 4 people approach us for more information...fail! Haha, it wasn't too successful, but at least we put ourselves out there and maybe people will Google "AmeriCorps" now, out of curiosity. Last night I was super tired, so I took a nap after dinner, woke up to brush my teeth, then went to bed early haha it was wonderful! Today I got up at 8am with some teammates and we walked over to the local soup kitchen and prepped food boxes to be sent out and then we left and went back to serve lunch to about 20 people. One man came through the line, stopped and pointed at me and said, "this is a pretty girl right here, I wish she were mine!" and my face got super red and I got really awkward and just looked at my teammates and they were like "well there ya go, got your compliment for the day!" Then another man came up and said to one of my teammates, "Has anyone ever told you that you are vertically challenged?!" Which was also really funny and we all got a good chuckle out of it, considering she is the shortest on our team, being 5 feet even. After we served food, we got to sit down and eat some with a couple people who were asking us where we were from and why we decided to spend 10 months volunteering. "Was it court-ordered?" one man asked, which we found pretty funny....cause nope..we CHOSE to live this low-budget lifestyle, crazy for some to believe haha. We also met Irma, a 100 year old woman who looks no more than 65, with her makeup all done and navy blue velour suit on, cane in hand, because she "took a bad fall recently and got all bruised up, which is why you have to be careful when you get old!" She was adorable, and absolutely inspiring, still helping out the needy at 100 years old! She said her biggest job there was keeping everyone in line, making sure they only took 2 napkins and brought their cup up for refills, because cups are getting expensive and they don't want to waste them! :) It was a good experience, everyone who came to get food and the people who worked there were all really nice and thankful for our help...we felt really welcomed and appreciated, which is always a good feeling. Tonight some of us are going to the movies to see Tangled, a movie about Rapunzle and then I will probably go to bed early again, I am soooo tired!