Thanksgiving Service at Chapman Partnership

Chapman Partnership

Thanksgiving

For the 10th year our Club went to the Chapman (f/k/a Community Partnership for the Homeless) Partnership to serve Thanksgving dinner to the more than 500 residents of the HAC.

The Community Service Committee was given a $1,000 grant from our Club Foundation to purchase the food for the Thanksgiving feast.  And what a feast it was!  Besides turkey and killer stuffing they had mac n' cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, root veggies, collard greens, salad, cornbread, sweet potato pies, red velvet, chocolate and vanilla cake!  An awesome spread that they spent three days preparing.

DGE Wolf & Inge Stullenberg

Ten Rotarians, and their friends and families, AND our Rotary Youth Exchange Student, Mailys Ooghe, some 25 people were on hand to serve, waitress and bus tables for the families that are living at Chapman.  We even had a visit from a traveling Rotary District Governor Elect, Wolf Stullenberg, District 4160 in Mexico!  He and his wife Inge were in Miami for Thanksgiving and wanted to do "something traditional".  He found out about our service project on the website and showed up to serve with us for the morning.

We had a great time.  We served some terrific food.  And being there made us all a little more grateful for the blessings we have in our collective lives.

Rest assured we'll be back there again next year.  Why don't you join us? 

All of us!

Getting ready for the crowds

Community Service Chair Deena Bell-Llewllyn with DGE Wolf & Inge

 

Happy Turkey to you all!