How To Help Feed The Homeless

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A few months ago in September I had just started hanging out with a new friend group, but one day I was informed that my friends were going to be at a meeting during lunch. Being the awkward, antisocial freshmen that I am, I decided to go to the meeting with them so I wouldn’t eat lunch alone. The meeting was for a group called Angels of Eldo that helped feed the homeless and the poor for community service hours. I didn't think I would ever actually go and help feed the homeless because I was already involved in another organization for community service; however, in an effort to convince my mom to let me hang out with a friend, I told her I would go feed to homeless for 4 hours. My mom finally let in and agreed, so the following Saturday I

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