Yesterday I went to a serve dinner at WHEAT with a few others. We were making eggplant Parmesan and after gathering the eggplants from the garden in the rain, and going to Hannaford's for the rest of the food, we ended up getting a pretty late start on cooking. We had about 45 minutes to make food for 60 people.
Throughout the whole process I never saw one person lose focus or start to give up. We worked extremely efficiently and in the end we got food out to everyone exactly on time. I've worked at WHEAT many times and every time I go I have a completely different experience. All the random acts and events serve as a reminder to me constantly of why we all do what we do together. At WHEAT, we were able to make a very real change not only in the days or the weeks of the people we served, but our efforts may create ripple effects that last throughout their entire lives. We have within us all the power to give people their dignity and give them our time to help them, not because we have to, but because we want to.
Carly Dillis
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