"guys, let's do something"

The officially first day of our service. We split the team into two. One team went to the fund raising activity for Movable Feast. Another went to the Movable Feast kitchen to prepare food. Both team had a fantastic kick off and let's hear about what people say about their feelings.


Taqwa says: Today our group volunteered at Moveable Feast - an organization that serves customers with various health illnesses (such as AIDS) by delivering meals to them. We made bagged lunches (sandwiches with chips and juice) and we also packed frozen dinners bags that were to be delivered. The Movable Feast building was HUGE - which I did not expect. We finished quicker than I expected because there were so many of us, and I guess we were super energetic, so we worked fast. We go back again on Thursday - I am looking forward to it!

Tao says: I woke up early this morning since I was so excited about our first mission-work with Movable Feast to preparing food for homeless people Movable feast. The place resides in an impoverished neighborhood and it was almost hard to recognize from outside. It was really shocking when I actually saw the kitchen. It was professional, not only the appratas, but also the people there, although most of them are volunteers like us. The seven of us AB people were really devoted in our job   and we finished earlier. The most impressive part of today's service is that I realized that there are so many people out there are caring for people under poverty in Baltimore.
First is that people in Movable Feast show respect to people the tried to help. People who are receiving the food are referred to their "customers". Meanwhile, all the volunteers work in the kitchen are asked to sign the confidential contract to protect the information the "customers". That kind of sensitivity is very precious and showed us a good example of how to offer help in a good manner.

Second, people are offering real help. No one was inspecting but everyone is very efficient and focused. For my part I vividly felt the responsibility when I was on the shift. I can imagine that bagged food we prepared will be delivered in no minute. If we wrongly packed any of the packs, people received food will be greatly impacted(No one wants his/her dinners same everyday; and people with certain diseases should be kept away from certain food).

It was a lot of today but I did not really feel tired. I felt especially inspired when the guy supervise us told us that we were great help. Looking forward to visit Movable Feast on Thursday. I hope I could learn more about how the charity is working and how they envision themselves in this great mission of helping people.

Tasnia says: The rest of the group went to help out at an event put on by the National Association of Catering Executives that will benefit Movable Feast. The event is a design competition, with each designer assigned a different neighborhood in Baltimore. The country club was really nice, and all of the designs were really incredible. We helped the volunteers with moving furniture to set up the event. It was hard work but I’m glad we got to help out with the event. The event will raise a lot of money for Moveable Feast.

One of the things that really impressed me was how much work it takes to put on an event. The organizers had to think about every single detail and there’s a lot of things that you wouldn’t think of. I’m really excited to see how the event went when we visit the Moveable Feast facility on Thursday!