Will Balsam-1/23/10-1st Visit @ Village Temple
On Saturday Julian, Taliana, Ruby G, Max, and I visited the Village Temple soup kitchen to help out. W e arrived at 9:00 AM where a lady who runs the soup kitchen took us up to help. We were the first ones there. When all of us got up to the soup kitchen room there was an entire table filled with loafs of bread wrapped in plastic. We unwrapped them and put them out on the table so we could make sandwiches with them later. 
At about 9:15 10-25 more people arrived to help out. A few other kids went out to Trader Joe’s to get tuna, more bread (which I couldn’t believe), and apples. We all opened huge cans of tuna and made tuna fish salad for sandwiches. Taliana and Ruby drained the tuna and then Max, Julian and I helped make the tuna fish salad. Then Ruby, Taliana, and I, and some others made some tuna fish sandwiches. It was amazing to me at how much of the bread we used. After we put together a sandwich we would put it on a platter and when the platter was full it would be taken over to the bagging station, where Max, Julian and some others bagged them. Then after all of the sandwiches were bagged we put them in brown paper bags so everyone who came could have a bag of sandwiches. Then Max and I brought up two big boxes of apples. We washed and dried them as well so they could be eaten.
It was then time to cut the cornbread into small square and rectangular cubes. Everyone did that. There were also pastries to organize and put on the tables. After preparing all of the food, we set the table and put chairs in place so people could come in and sit down to eat there meal. I believe that even though there were many people there, us being there made a difference and you could tell that the Village Temple Soup Kitchen appreciated us being there. During this visit I learned that making food for others can make you feel good. Next week I hope I can do more stuff and be more helpful.