We started our project for today last night. We made 400 sandwiches in preparation for NOAH's project. The folks from Newburg helped us out, and we all worked together very well. We were a little challenged with storing the sandwiches afterwards, but it all worked out in the end.
In Detroit, the NOAH Project stands for Networking, Organizing, Advocating for the Health of the Homeless. So, in the morning, we loaded up our sandwiches & made our way over to Central United Methodist Church. There, we met Devin. He was born & raised in North Dakota & is in Detroit via the "US-2 Program". This is a Methodist based program similar to Americorp. He will be in Detroit for 2 years running NOAH. We put together the rest of the lunches and readied ourselves for the big rush. The doors opened at 10:30. There were mostly men, but a few women & families came through the line to eat probably their only meal of the day. Just the kids manned the line the entire time. They handed out sandwiches, desserts, & coffee & tea. I think this was a pretty somber experience for all of us. We couldn't help but notice the disparity between the folks we were there helping & everyone lining up outside for an afternoon ballgame. About 262 people signed in for food.
Devin gave us a tour of Central & we saw the beautiful sanctuary & rooftop that overlooked Comerica Park.
After lunch we took it easy & visited Dabl's African Bead Museum & Bell Isle.
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