“We say never look down unless it’s to pull someone else up,” said volunteer Lisa Hilty. Hilty and 80 other volunteers worked to give about 400 people a meal until 2 p.m. at the Omni William Penn in conjunction with the Salvation Army effort to feed people that were homeless on Christmas day.
Hilty is in her 22nd year of contributing to the effort of letting those out in the cold know that there is still warmth left in the world.
“We have needy maybe lonely people and don’t have anyone to spend Christmas with. People from mental health services et cetera,” she said. “It’s more than dinner its community, it’s family. What better way to celebrate his birth than to come down and do His work.”
Part of the lesson of the season is that it is better to give than to receive; charity towards all mankind. Brian Riddle is in his second year doing it.
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