At a homeless shelter you’d expect meals to be pretty basic but thanks to generosity and determination, people living at two shelters got gourmet food Friday.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Often homeless people may wonder where their next meal is coming from. But the Spirit of Southern Arizona sometimes means homeless people can find gourmet food on their menu.
He says his restaurant patrons donate the cost of about 80 percent of the meals and he covers 20 percent.“You hear them go, ‘Wow. Look at this. I've never had this. I've never, it’s been so long since I've had whatever it is’. It just means so much. It's a gift. It truly is a gift not only is it a gift of food, but it's a gift that makes them feel special.”
“Sometimes they’ll miss lunch and be ready for dinner. We have that happen a lot here with these guys because he always brings an abundance of food to help out with our Foundation. So we’re very appreciative of that.”
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