Daniel Blankenship
published November 2008

People crowded around the entrance to St. John’s Church on October 28 for the reopening of the meal site there. The reopened meal site is a joint effort of Homeless People’s Action Committee, Johnson and Wales University, Bryant University, and Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere, a Brown University student group. Pastries and bread were donated by Au Bon Pain and Scialo Brothers Bakery.  Students from the participating universities and
Providence College, as well as other volunteers from the community, turned out to help.

This was a special meal at St. John’s Church because that meal site had been closed since May 20 after the retirement of former volunteers.

This site will offer meals every Tuesday between 4 and 5 p.m. Over 200 people were served on the opening night and many gave the meal rave reviews.

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