Hamburgers 4 the Homeless: the 2nd Link

The 2nd link: Lauren, Frankie and Maria Upon hearing about the project, these three lovely young ladies felt inspired enough to participate, drove over to the city from Napa and got their H4H on. They are the second link, now lets see where this can go.

Lauren Barstad: I had always wanted to feed the homeless during the holidays and had never executed doing so. I wasn’t sure what to expect when going into Hamburgers 4 the Homeless nonetheless I was excited to participate in the movement. The process of H4H was simple; buying ingredients to make the hamburgers, making hamburgers and handing them out to homeless people on the streets of San Francisco. Through this experience was selfless, I was able to also be rewarded with the appreciation and the smiles on their faces. Seeing that was a really good feeling.

Frankie Barstad: I thought it was a really interesting experience that everyone should try at least once. It felt really good to see people thankful for food that we made for them, and to see them happy about a simple hamburger.Personally I wish we woulda made more than we did because it was kinda disappointing when we ran out and there were still a lot of people wanting burgers. It was kind of sad to see how many people there were with nowhere to go, but to know that because of you they ate that day was a good feeling.

Maria Gonzalez: At first, I was skeptical about Hamburgers for Homeless, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was a bit apprehensive about the idea of approaching random people on the street, trying to figure out who wanted food and who didnt. Once we were on the street passing out the hamburgers, I was able to see how fluid the process was. Once the people in the area knew we were passing out food, they self selected, making everything easy painless. I saw how quickly we got the Hamburgers were being passed out and I felt that we could have made 4 times as many. On the car ride home I reflected that one day of H4H wasnt enough for me.

Im excited to see who they each recruit for Hamburgers 4 the Homeless. We even found the time to feed some orphan kittens, how nice is that.  Also, please let me know if you want to participate.

Cheers, tha Giant

 

Hamburgers 4 the Homeless

Fortune threw this lil project, if you can even call it that, in my lap. Its simple as the name says, Hamburgers 4 the Homeless. I was having a BBQ at the crib, all the folks came thru, we were watching the playoffs, all that, and they left me with hella lbs of ground beef. Seeing as all I do with beef is handle it, never eat it, I figured I'd whip up some burgers and pass em out to the my more nomadic mission neighbors. Threw em some mustard and some buns and then took to the magic school bus to find some hungry folks out in the streets. Funny thing was, I ended up driving around for a koo hr looking for some homeless ppl. As I drove, I realized, they dont really sit in a collective spot that I could locate, esp after the new loitering laws. I decided to swing back by my house and fancy that, a fat group of willing takers. I then ran down to Franklin Park down the st and found some more folks. It was a funny cycle in my head because when I thought to make the burgers in the first place, I had an idea that homeless ppl would be everywhere and so easy to find. The search both reaffirmed and contradicted my hypothesis. On the one hand, they were everywhere, just everywhere on my block. The next step is to pass the baton. Someone needs to take charge to be the next one to pass out burgers and tell a story about it. Hit me @<a href="mailto:andre.g.gray@gmail.com">andre.g.gray@gmail.com</a> if you are willing to be the next one. If not, imma track someone down and terry tate officer linebaker them till they get down with the H4H mvmt.