Easter Dinner with the homeless at the Old Savannah City Mission (OSCM)

March 23, 2008

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Over 300 people turned out for Rev. Jim Lewis’ Easter service in the parking lot of Bull and Maupus. At 1:00pm, volunteers started serving a 5 star meal prepared by the OSCM Chef. Over the years, he has been trained by some local master chefs. He started preparing for Easter Dinner 24 hours earlier. In the picture below, he is in the middle.

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A group of four men got up and sang to the audience. They were TERRIFIC. I’m going to see if I can get them lined up to sing at various civic organizations. Rotary always starts their weekly meetings with a patriotic song. The Small Business Council has their yearly awards banquet and they always start it off with the Star Spangled Banner.

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This is a picture of Brian (below)- he is at the Mission, working in the Thrift Shop. His trade is fishing and told me that he would like to start his own business someday.

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One of our newest Public Relations Coordinators is moving to Savannah. I met Jenny and her family at the Easter Dinner. She is in charge of this account. It was great, all 3 tv stations showed up.

See TV coverage by WTOC

http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8055483&nav=menu89_2 

See TV coverage by WSAV: http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/news.apx.-content-articles-SAV-2008-03-22-0005.html

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Below, Kim Thomson our Photographer, and Jenny our PRC

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