Will Balsam-3/13/10-5th Visit-Village Temple

For a last visit at the Village Temple Soup Kitchen I went with Max, Taliana, and Ruby G.  We got there a little bit early so we could interview the ladies who work there.  They were all very busy so we only go to interview one of them.  Her name was Paula and she told us a little bit about how she got involved in her work there and who comes to help out every week.  Then we got to the preparing part.  We didn’t have a lot of bread for the sandwiches, Max and I went to Trader Joe’s to get the bread the donate.  Then to Knickerbocker’s for cornbread.  When we got back the first thing we did was interview two more people, carol who helps run the soup kitchen and Sarah who is a volunteer who helps out there about twice a month.  Then we started to help the other people who had already started preparing the soup.  They were peeling and cutting carrots, onions, and potatoes.  After helping them for a while, we went to making turkey sandwiches with mustard.  We then split into 4 groups.  One group bagged pastries, another bagged bread rolls, one who helps finish the soup, and the last one cuts up the corn bread.  I was cutting up the cornbread but when I was done I helped bag the bread rolls.  After everyone was finished with their jobs we were finished preparing and then just had to set up the table.  I found this to be a great place to help out because there are a lot of other kids who help out there and there are many jobs to do.