Assessment Number Two
A Paragraph by Gaelen Frink
Eighth Grade English
Pine Point School
December 20, 2010
When I went to the shelter for lunch I met Richard, but everyone calls him Zig. When we got there tables were already set up. He said that it is one of the people's jobs who live at the WARM shelter. The lunch is usually donated by an restaurant like Subway, but the lunch today was subs, chips and pizza from Pizza Lady. It was my job to ask the people who come in what kind of sub they wanted and what type of chips they wanted. Zig said that if someone has a party and there is leftover food the food sometimes will be donated. Some of the people that came in to get food surprised me and some didn't. Some of the people looked like they had a job and looked like they weren't homeless, but some looked a little weather beaten. Their hair was wild and some were limping a little. Zig explained that he had to be a very flexible cooker because when he receives donations they are sometimes not enough so he has to quickly make more sandwiches or make a recipe that is easy and quick. The people want to eat when they get there, but they don't mind waiting a little bit if they are early though. At the soup kitchen I saw that homelessness can happen to anyone, you could lose your job or get behind on payments for rent or electricity.
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