By Barbara Howell | CEO
Have you ever wondered what you would do for food if you were to become homeless. Like me, you might imagine yourself having to dig through trash cans or panhandle at the freeway entrance for spare change. One day, you might be lucky enough to find enought to fill your stomach. But other days, it could be a very different story.
This is what the homeless face every day. Fortunatly, each day homeless can visit Burbank Temporary Aid Center to pick up a sack lunch. Each day around 10:30 a.m., motorists driving along Burbank Blvd. will notice a line forming in front of Burbank Temporary Aid Center (BTAC). Over the next 30 minutes, the line will grow to stretch around the corner. But by 12:00 Noon, it will be gone.
In addition to the nourishment of the lunch, they have come to appreciate the warm smile and friendly 'hello' from the volunteer distributing the lunches. Some are down-on-thier-luck veterans, others are mothers who are living in their car with thier young children, but all are homeless and would go hungry without this sack lunch.
Most often, the lunches are made by volunteers. But with the growing number of homeless, BTAC often runs short. Rather than send someone away empty-handed, BTAC keeps a supply of lunch items on hand, so lunches can be made very quickly. The most expensive and and difficult item to provide is the sandwich or protein item. Our Pantry Manager watches the sales. When he sees the tuna or chicken salad kits on sale, he buys several because he knows he will need them down the road.
Without your support of this lunch program, when the other lunches were all distributed, homeless would be sent away hungry. But because of you, we can maintain back up stock for those times when we run short of lunches. Thank you for helping BTAC meet this need.
Thank you for your kind and generous support.
By Barbara Howell | CEO
By Barbara Howell | President/CEO
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