January 21st, 2007
Written by
Emily Busch
Nippon Kan Vice President
Blizzard. Nippon Kan spirit.
The first Homeless Dinner Service of the year began the same as usual with one exception. Usually, the vegetables are peeled and cut in the Nippon Kan-Domo gardens by students after practice on the Sunday morning of the meal service. On January 21st however it was snowing hard outside which presented us with a challenge. Since the Domo kitchen is too small to accommodate all of the student volunteers, we decided to take the challenge and did the dinner prep work outside in the snow! With freezing hands, carrots and potatoes were peeled and onions chopped quickly and the job got done. Everyone showed a lot of will and determination to complete these tasks under these conditions.
Preparing veggies with freezing hands.
For the dinner service that evening at the Denver Rescue Mission, volunteers made their way through the snow to help serve the meal including a special guest from the Japanese Consulate in Denver, Consul General of Japan at Denver Haruo Yamagami. Consul Yamagami helped cook the meal in the Rescue Mission kitchen, serve in the dining room and helped the outside guests once the dinner service had begun. Many thanks to all students, staff members and our guest, Consul Yamagami for persevering under such harsh winter conditions to help with this monthly event.
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- Consul Yamagami cooking in the Denver Rescue Mission kitchen.
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- Consul Yamagami serving the evening meal to outside guests.
Total meals served since 1991 44,548