Food For Thought: The Charitable Giving Of Food

The charitable giving of food is giving food to a person without charging that person any money for the food. It is true compassion and can be life saving. When we want to serve food to someone living outside, we consider a few things. 1. We “serve” food to homeless people, we “feed” animals. Many years ago, Michael, a homeless man, brought this point to my attention. He explained how it felt to homeless people when they heard that the people serving them were “a feeding program.” “That makes it sound like we’re animals in the zoo,” he said. “Could you please call your program something else?” he asked. 2. Every person we serve is our “guest.” This idea came from Koo Koo Roos who used to say, and I hope they still do, to their customers, “Next guest, please.” The concept of serving a guest helps us remember that we treat each person we serve with respect and kindness. And it is our goal to have enough of what we’re serving so that every guest gets the same item. 3. We serve everyone who asks us for food, whether we truly believe they are hungry or not. In rare circumstances someone who appears not to be homeless or in need, asks for food. We serve them just the same. Why? Because we understand that something may be missing in that person that perhaps the food that we are sharing can fill, at least for a time. 4. We can serve canned and packaged food in Los Angeles County, CA, anywhere and anytime. In Los Angeles, there are no health rules and regulations dealing with the distribution of canned and packaged food. Please check to determine if there are any applicable rules and regulations about this in your locale. Continue reading on The Huffington Post