One of the joys of retirement is doing things that didn't fit into a "working man's" schedule. Last Friday I went with a few men from church to a soup kitchen in downtown Rochester. Our church works it the first Friday of every month. St. Peter's Kitchen serves lunch 5 days a week.
We prepared lunch under the direction of 2 paid workers and the coordinator. We stopped at 11:30 and ate, then served lunch to about 80 people. THe makeup was mostly men, several women and one young mother and infant. They were all grateful for the hot lunch and most thanked us as they went through the serving line. Most of the food is donated. There was free bread to take with them - all donated by Wegmans. It was time well spent and I look forward to volunteering again, hopefully every month.
