'Food Brings Laughter to the Soul'
Local restaurants pitch in to help A-SPAN host abbreviated 'restaurant week' for the homeless.
A-SPAN, the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network, hosted an abbreviated “restaurant week” this week at its emergency winter shelter thanks to the time, resources and generosity of two local businesses. Lyon Hall cooked and served meals to about 70 homeless people Tuesday night; Santa Fe Café did the same Wednesday night. Next year, A-SPAN hopes to recruit seven restaurants for a weeklong event. Steak, chicken and veggie fajitas were on the menu Wednesday night. As the line formed, men moved aside to allow the women at the shelter to get ahead of them. It’s just polite, they said. Alonzo Lockridge is currently staying at the shelter. He hopes to have a place of his own in the next week or two; the emergency winter shelter closes for…
In this Article:
