The Concord soup kitchen is being forced to close its door because of community complaints about the program's location. Neighbors said the poor visiting the kitchen do not behave and loiter in a park nearby a residential area. The Concord soup kitchen serves 5,000 meals a day to poor people. Sara Steffens, a staff writer for the Contra Costa Times, interviewed Jayme Hall, a Concord native who worries how she will eat. Hall lives on $800 a month from government payments, and her rent is $625. She has no car and walks to the dining hall.
Many people can sympathize with the plight of the poor but, not surprisingly, no one wants poor people loitering in their neighborhood. Everybody seemingly wants to help the poor, just as long as they don't need to see them!
Source: Steffens, Sara, "Concord soup kitchen forced to close its doors." Contra Costa Times 15 Apr. 2008: A1.
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I work at the Concord soup kitchen. Thank you for bringing us up in this inspiring blog. You are making a difference in our world.
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