This post is almost a month overdue! In July, I had the pleasure of participating in Mama G's Burrito Project. This burrito project is a new initiative from Mama G's Thanksgiving Street Dinner, an annual event that my friend Peter created and has led for several years. In his own words:
Since 2009, Mama G's Thanksgiving Street Dinner has served over 500 people a warm, nutritious, thanksgiving dinner in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a group of committed volunteers from throughout the City gather to support a community in need of vital services, political attention and civic care. In a political and economic climate that continues to neglect the needs of the poor and most vulnerable, Mama G's seeks to counter the status quo by taking it to the streets and bringing resources donated by members of the community directly to the community.
With the success of the Thanksgiving Dinner, Peter and his co-organizers piloted a mid-year event to support the mission of feeding the Tenderloin community. They gathered volunteers to make and distribute nearly 150 burritos. These were not just plain little bean-and-cheese burritos. They were filled with hearty, nutritious, made-with-love chicken, vegetables, rice, beans, and salsa. They smelled SO good as we prepared them in an assembly line. I was lucky to have Curtis join me for this wonderemployment act since it was on the weekend. He scooped rice, and I scooped the meat and veggies-- very important roles!
After the burritos were rolled up, they were warmed again, and packed into bags for distribution. We split up into teams and hit the streets to offer them to people. Unsurprisingly, hardly anyone turned us down! It took each of our three teams just 15 minutes to hand out all the burritos. We even gave out the balloons to children we met. It was a great day.
Photos from Mama G's event album.
Since 2009, Mama G's Thanksgiving Street Dinner has served over 500 people a warm, nutritious, thanksgiving dinner in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, a group of committed volunteers from throughout the City gather to support a community in need of vital services, political attention and civic care. In a political and economic climate that continues to neglect the needs of the poor and most vulnerable, Mama G's seeks to counter the status quo by taking it to the streets and bringing resources donated by members of the community directly to the community.
With the success of the Thanksgiving Dinner, Peter and his co-organizers piloted a mid-year event to support the mission of feeding the Tenderloin community. They gathered volunteers to make and distribute nearly 150 burritos. These were not just plain little bean-and-cheese burritos. They were filled with hearty, nutritious, made-with-love chicken, vegetables, rice, beans, and salsa. They smelled SO good as we prepared them in an assembly line. I was lucky to have Curtis join me for this wonderemployment act since it was on the weekend. He scooped rice, and I scooped the meat and veggies-- very important roles!
After the burritos were rolled up, they were warmed again, and packed into bags for distribution. We split up into teams and hit the streets to offer them to people. Unsurprisingly, hardly anyone turned us down! It took each of our three teams just 15 minutes to hand out all the burritos. We even gave out the balloons to children we met. It was a great day.
Photos from Mama G's event album.
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