11/26/2012 Feeding the Needy

Yesterday a bunch of us from West Polk Rotary Club went to Hope Ministries in Des Moines and served food and drinks to the homeless. I can tell you for me personally it was a great and moving experience that I enjoyed very much. The people we were able to meet and the way they treated us with respect and graciousness was to be admired. My heart goes out to those that are less fortunate than some of us.

What we learned from there fabulous staff was that it is a program that doesn't enable the homeless, but rather gives them a path to help them not be homeless anymore. Every tenant has a chore they do everyday. It is a program that the can stay for 60 days free than after that they will start charging them 5 dollars a day to stay there. As long as they follow the rules stay sober and off of drugs. They also have a recovery program to help them stay off of drugs and alcohol. As they said there addiction is usually just masking the underlying problem that they have no self worth. This program helps build them up.

Thank you everyone for participating and thank you Hope Ministries for allowing us to help out.