Eva's Village

This week was a breeze because kids had spring break so I did not have to teach during the week. I actually spent my week down in South Jersey where I am planning on moving and trying to do some job searching. I also contacted career services to see how they can guide me since that service is available to me.

Thursday I had Amy Young, the Student Development Director contact me if I would be interested in coming back and participating in an activity since they had some spots. I said of course I could! The activity was one that Berkeley has been doing for quite some time, Eva’s Village Soup Kitchen. When I was still the president we did Eva’s Village Trips very often but I was always unable to go because it would conflict with my work schedule.

When I arrived on Friday at 10am I met Amy and everyone else in the Student Center. We all got to wear Berkeley t-shirts to show where we are from. We arrived at about 11am and we got right to work. First we put the napkins, rolls, cups, and each person got a desert too. Then Mike, who was the person in charge, took us to tell us about the program and how well it has been doing. They are the only program that has been running for 25 years solely by food donations from Private businesses. I was really amazed. They offered us all the food for us to have a little bit of a snack and then we got back to work!

Everything seemed to be so well organized. When time came to let the people in, they only allowed 8 people in at a time to sit at each table. Everyone sat quietly and was very respectful. I was in charge of coffee for my row of tables. It was really nice to greet everyone as I was passing out their coffee to them. For lunch that day they had Tuna pasta salad which was REALLY good! After everyone ate we cleaned up and ended the day.

It was such a great experience especially right before the holiday. It makes you count your blessing and not complain about what it is that we don’t have. I met really great people who showed me how important it is to stay on track in life. You just never know what life is going to bring your way, so be prepared for anything!

Check out the pictures from the event: