Max Fried-1/23/10-1st visit @ Village Temple

On Saturday I went to the Village Temple with Julian, Taliana, Will and Ruby G.  We arrived there at 9:00 A.M which was the time that we where told to arrive by one of the owners of the temple.  When we got there we waited a while for a lady to take us up to the kitchen. When we got up their we where immediately put to work.  Some of us where making sandwiches, and others where bagging them.I was very surprised when I got there because it was a lot different then any other food pantry that I had ever gone too.  At the Village Temple there was only one small room full of kids trying to get all of their community hours.  We didn’t want to just go to a place to get it over with.  We wanted to learn about soup kitchens and really make deference in our community.  When we where not working we took short brakes and let other kids make sandwiches and open cans.  Throughout our visit we heard the usual volunteers talking about how this was the most volunteers that they had ever had and how great it is to see children wanting to help out.  The main women who told us what to do were very appreciative of our help.  We told her that we would be coming back which brought upon a smile on her face.  It felt amazing to help put and we will be going back next Saturday to do it again.