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This past weekend, we finally came up with a solution to practice social distancing and still serve our friends. We decided to treat our van in a manner consistent with an ice cream or food truck. It was very successful, and we are more confident going out again moving forward. Our main concern is reestablishing contact with those who couldn’t reach us, or thought we had discontinued service. It was a pretty telling day, as we learned a lot of much needed information. So as we learn to rework our operating procedures, we will certainly continue to love and help our friends. So see y’all next week in the streets of Vallejo!!

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It was a beautiful day in every aspect this past Saturday for all intensive purposes. We set out on our regular route, but not before stopping at a new location for us. It would prove to be an eye opening encounter. Many people in need, and it’s something that demands our attention, not only as an organization, but as a community at large. Until we’re sure about how we will best serve this ew location, we will keep the details to a minimum. Time will surely tell us how to best proceed. The day would continue to prove to be a very busy one moving forward. We heard some very unfortunate news about one of our dearest friends, and we certainly hope he pulls through. With heavy hearts, we used the news as motivation to get people to be more engaged in betterment of their own situations, because you simply never know. Anyway, we have been trying to get the ducks in a row to launch our new 12 month campaign for the MLK FAMILY & FRIENDS PROGRAM starting in May 2020 - April 2021. It’s going to be a serious upgrade from our existing protocols, so we can’t wait to get it done. We are set to head out this coming Saturday morning, and we will see you in the streets of Vallejo then. Til then remember to tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t. Always remember to be kind to others. Peace and God Bless!! ✌🏾🙏🏾

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Well it’s Sunday morning, and another beautiful day in the Bay Area of California. There’s a renewed sense of enthusiasm here at the MLKHP, not to say we ever lacked any, however we are feeling reinvigorated lately. In large part we owe it to a series of great events, all culminating to the moment we were blessed to meet an amazing young lady named Daisy Guillen (Daisy will not be seen in this video, go to Image if the Week). Daisy reached out to us, via her mom, and took it upon herself to use her Xmas money, $100, to buy items from our Amazon Smile Wishlist to donate to our friends. We were floored, and after we actually received the items, we were even further amazed. You see Daisy and her mom not only put together great toiletry bags, but they also wrote a special note for each and every bag. Oh by the way we forgot to mention something, DAISY IS 8 YEARS OLD!! 😇
Si after meeting Daisy we went out with her wonderful bags, as well as our toiletry bags provided to us by Project Blessing Bags, and coupled with everything else we provide, it made for a beautiful day of service in the streets of Vallejo!! So we want to thank Daisy and all of the other amazing Daisys out there, be they girls or boys. We can really learn a lot from our children, and we should applaud them when they do things that help humanity. We should encourage and support them, and that’s exactly what we plan to do here at the MLKHP!! Til next time, have a great week, and we will see you in Monday 01/20/2020, MLK Jr. Day!!! Peace and God Bless!! ✌🏾🙏🏾

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Well it’s almost the end of the year, and the decade for that matter, and the winter season holidays are almost behind us yet again. With it being the final sack lunch run of the year, we wanted to do something special, in addition to all of the absolutely necessary things that we do for our friends. Sometimes we just want to make people smile, and we’ve learned that whenever we serve our red beans and rice, our friends are very appreciative. We serve them hot and we believe that’s part of the lure. Nothing brings back good memories like homemade food made with love. Along with the treat, we were also able to provide everyone with hand warmers, and Mylar blankets for those who wanted and needed one. The thing that most people don’t realize is that our friends, more often than not, will not take what they don’t really need, because they know full well that someone who is in more need might miss out if they take what they can because they can, and not because they need to. It was a very long day, as we traversed the streets of Vallejo looking for those in need. Usually this time of year there are so many groups serving, that our friends aren’t in need as much, and that’s a good thing. With the reality of ending a year homeless along with knowing that the new year will present as many if not more challenges, we are prepared fully to start next year even more determined to live up to our mission statement which is to “EMPOWER OTHERS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES”!! Words to live by!! With lots of irons in the fire, we are most excited at the unveiling of our new website for next year, so we hope you’ll like it as much as we are proud of it. Along with the website we encourage you to keep your eyes on our progress, because there’s so much good out there yet to do. So we can’t wait to hit the streets next year in 2020, and do our thing!!
As the day progressed, and we finally finished our lunch program, we had time to relax for a brief minute, because after being honored to serve others, we were going to attend an event later on honoring ourselves and a few select others, for being of service to the Vallejo community. To say the least, it was amazing! Askari Sowonde and all those involved with the production of this wonderful event, truly outdid themselves. From the wonderful entertainment, to the powerful speakers, and the many light hearted moments, to say it was amazing would be an understatement at best. Not only were we and others recognized by the city, but we also received recognition from the California State Legislature!! Right on!! To make it all even that much better, we even won two raffle items, including a beautiful pillow, and a fabulous framed artwork entitled “PAPYRUS”!!! Once again, it was a truly amazing evening of unity and edutainment!!! We can’t wait to attend next year and support the new class of honorees!!
Last but not least we hope that that everyone has a wonderful and safe New Year’s Eve, and we will see you on the flip side! Til then keep doing what brings you joy and hopefully brings joy to others. Tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t! Peace, and May God continue to Bless Us All!!

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This past Saturday we were very excited to have a special treat for our friends. Thanks to the generosity of Makhan Dabb, owner of TOGOs in Vallejo, we were able to provide deli style sandwiches with all the fixings, in place of our standard ham or turkey sandwiches. It was a great surprise for all of our friends, and it allowed us to make this pre-Xmas lunch run even more special. We were able to also offer bread pudding or pear halves for desert. Everyone received Bombas socks and blankets, while others also received much needed umbrellas or tarps to address the off and on rainy weather. All in all it was a great day of service, and we are certainly ready to end the year off with a bang! So see you this coming Saturday in the streets of Vallejo!!

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Today was a cold and wet one in Vallejo, CA, so to say the least, there were gonna be some friends who would most definitely be in need. We did our best to provide both physical and emotional comfort today, as we went out with extra hearty lunches, lots of positive energy, and a slew of warm weather items. It’s our intention to go back out tomorrow to see who we might have missed, or who might have missed us. So we will see y’all next week in the streets of Vallejo.

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This past Saturday was a very busy one for us, as we went out to do a four person job with 2 people. I along with my wife, saw to it that we kept our commitment to not only see to it that all of our lunch recipients, a number which is often random in nature, recurved a pair of socks, a toiletry bag, along with a sack lunch, and the opportunity to request an umbrella or even a blanket. After next weekend this requisition process of limited items, will be open to everyone, and not just card carrying MLK FAMILY & FRIENDS PROGRAM members. We are continuously meeting new people and it’s a bit alarming, because there’s a lack of familiarity coming back into play. It’s paramount to cultivate and nourish the already established relationships we’ve formed, as well as trying to constantly start new ones. Either way, our ability to maintain responsible relationships is our main focus, and therefore we must be sustainably consistent, and that calls for trust, and that trust is built on keeping our word. So with that said, we are going out next Saturday on the 30th of November with a special Thanksgiving themed lunch program! We are certain that our friends will enjoy what we have planned as much as we enjoy planning and seeing it through to fruition. Til then, take care and we will y’all next week in the streets of Vallejo!

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Today was another step towards building bonds of trust with our friends. and the fact that it started out somewhat dreary and slightly chilly, was a strong indication that it was gonna be a cold winter season. Therefore on a business note we knew this to be a serious concern for our friends, so we went out with the goal of providing all of our friends with hand warmers, courtesy of a friend, a mix of knitted hats, scarves, gloves, beanies, and Mylar blankets. In addition we also took out socks for those in immediate need, as we will be providing socks for everyone this coming Saturday. We are equally as focused on fulfilling other needs to combat the imminent cold weather, by providing extra items, that are unfortunately limited in supply. To facilitate this effort, we will be providing our MLK FRIENDS & FAMILY PROGRAM members the first opportunity to request a tarp or an umbrella, by showing their membership cards to sign the requisition list. Those who produced their cards and signed up to select an item, will receive their items next week. As a result we will be able to fairly distribute the limited availability items to our friends. By the first Saturday in December, we will suspend the members first protocol, and instead allow these items, provided we have them available, to be claimed on a first come first serve basis. Only those who have not previously received a requested item will be allowed to participate in the first come first serve distribution process. We hope to also do this with blankets beginning next week as well. It’s proving to be well received, and since we made some unrelated requests deliveries today, are friends can rest assured that we will be doing our best to keep our word.
On a personal it was a somewhat sad day for a few of our beloved friends. Death has become a reoccurring theme throughout our homeless community, and it saddens us to know we can’t do more than we do. We do our best to listen and offer comfort paired with hope. We certainly will keep pour friends, who shared their grief with us today, in our prayers, but then again we constantly keep our growing our prayers. So on that, we will be out next Saturday to spread some much needed love and kindness, the only way we know how, with open hearts and open minds!!

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This Saturday was another step towards incorporating important services into the construct of our project. We were joined by Kaiser doctor Emily Fisher and her associate, Dr. Matt Symkowick, in an effort to introduce them to our friends. The goal is to establish relationships with medical professionals with many who are apprehensive to seek help because of a lack of resources or a heightened state of paranoia for many other reasons. It would appear that our friends will be willing to participate in any program we set up with the doctors. The program would be designed to help serve their basic medical needs and to answer any questions they may have concerning treatment options and ways to reasonably seek and receive said treatment. The prospects are exciting, and we will certainly keep you abreast of any progress made. In addition to having doctors join our network building effort, we are also going to provide 2 pair of socks per month, on a bi-weekly schedule, in an effort to help our friends combat the cold season that is now upon us. So we are thankful for that.
Along with the lunches and toiletry bags, aka Blessing Bags, we were able to help many people Saturday, and can’t wait to see them next week. So until that time comes, we will be working diligently this week to stay the course, and grow the project. See you next week in the streets of Vallejo, CA!!

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It’s been another successful weekend of service. This was our first week of service without being partnered with Outpaw Outreach. Due to scheduling issues, we felt it best to operate independently, but with a referral based relationship. Our friends have been reassured that we will continue our MLKHP Pet Program, and it will at the very least be business as usual, and there will only be room for improvement and growth. We will continue to work with our other partners, listed in our Sponsorships & Partnerships section of this website. We are excited about potential projects for holiday service, and will be updating you on that, as soon as possible. Other than that, we were surprised at the volume of people we served, considering it was the 2nd of the month, and for many of our friends, some financial resources are available. Anyway, we took note of the unusually high number, and will be better prepared to serve in the weeks to come. So on a final note, we are committing to giving everyone, who receives a lunch, a pair of socks twice each month, from November through January. Much thanks to our partnership with BOMBAS SOCKS, because it will allow us to provide the socks during these cold months!! So with that, we will see y’all next week in the streets of Vallejo!!

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Yesterday was another amazing day of truth and circumstance meeting up with the challenges that come with homelessness. We found out that one of our friends was killed while riding his bicycle, as we learned that another friend was going to start a new job. Despite the pitfalls, many of our friends are working towards avoiding them and realizing the importance of urgency, because it’s getting rough out there. All in all it would prove to be a day of revelations on so many levels. We felt that yesterday left us better connected with our friends, and it encourages us to continue our efforts to empower others to empower themselves!! So we’re gonna see y’all next week in the streets of Vallejo!! ✌🏾🙏🏾

Today was quite the day service, messages, and making moves to grow as an organization dedicated to empowering others. With many potentially new partnerships in the works, today we worked to build one with Dr. Emily Fisher and her team. We hope to provide access to medical advice and services from here in out. As usual we saw many old friends, and as we have consistently seen, we made many new friends to go with the new faces. With our 100 sack lunches, Bombas Socks, toiletries bags from Project Blessing Bags, Pee products, and do much more, we went out to ease the burden of homelessness if only for a moment, but with the hopes of finding permanent solutions. So with that being said, we will certainly see you in the streets of Vallejo next Saturday morning!!

This weekend was a bit of an oddity, in the sense that the 1st of the month is falling on a Sunday, and then the following Monday is Labor Day! The issue that these oddly timed dates cause, is the fact that many of our friends will not have access to financial assistance until Tuesday, or even Wednesday. Knowing tgst, we prepared to do something that was both nice and necessary for our friends, so in addition to taking out 100 sack lunches, we also went out with 70 hit, chicken, sausage, and rice dinners. The extra treat was a hit, but more importantly it provided an additional meal for our friends, allowing them save their lunches for later on in the day. With many stories of personal achievements coming from so many of our friends. We have seen a shift in attitudes, and now we see that many of our friends are getting tired of their situations enough to begin to change their approach to their lives. It’s very inspiring and will only serve as additional motivation for us to stay the course. Anyway, with the holiday coming tomorrow, we hope you and yours have a wonderful day going whatever brings y’all joy. Do always remember to tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!! Peace and God Bless!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was one of the more inspiring days we’ve had, or at least in my humble opinion it was. Every now and then, we are able to do something extra for our friends, and this weekend we did just that. With our usual haul of 100 sack lunches, we took out an additional 70 chicken, sausage (turkey), and rice dishes, complete with sautéed bell peppers and yellow onion. It was indeed a treat to serve and equally as mouth of a treat fir our friends to enjoy. With this past weekend being an awkwardly timed one, so to speak, due to the 1st of the month falling on a Sunday, just to have Monday be a holiday. With this being the case, our friends, most of them, won’t receive any financial assistance until Tuesday. Knowing that, we made sure to take extra toiletries and food to offer some relief until they receive any assistance from recurring sources, other than ourselves and groups like ours.
The day was filled with pleasant surprises, including but not limited to our friend surprising us with his news of personal progress he’s been making in his life. From a bike to get to and from, to now owning a car to help him even further in his pursuit for full self reliance. Another friend told me of his plans to get some help to address his issues, so that he may one day help us do what we do. We ran into a young mother, who is doing it! She has been working hard to take care of her family, and after having to make some serious decisions, she is in her way to getting her and her children a place of their own. These stories and others like them, were all we heard Saturday. It seems as if the reality of how bad it’s getting out there, is beginning to resonate with our friends, so much do that people are ready to face their demons, their fears, and their obstacles, in an effort to better themselves and their lives! We will continue to support our friends, and offer them the love and kindness, we all deserve, and that we all need to live happy, productive lives!! So with that, always tell the ones you love that you love them before you can’t!! Always remember to be kind to others!! Peace and God Bless!! See you in the streets of Vallejo next week!!

This past Saturday was a bit different, in the sense that there was a calm in the air. It was an unusually long run, as we’ve been finishing up within a 4 hour time frame for quite some time now. We spent a lot if time talking with people, about a myriad of issues, some personal, some business, but all truth, and all love. The other very obvious thing was the presence of furry friends. Sometimes we don’t see a lot, but as of late that has changed. This past Saturday, it seemed as if that’s all we were seeing, along with new faces of new friends! However, it was a joy to spend the extra time with our friends, and that’s what it’s all about, engagement.
With the need for any services do great, we are actively working on generating more funding. Well this past Thursday on August 22, we participated in the Vallejo SOUP, which is a potluck dinner community event. At the SOUP community based projects are selected to pitch their projects, with the hopes of gaining some immediate cash funding, all based on funds raised that night. Well long story short, we presented, and received one of the generous cash prizes. Our main goal was to address our need for storage, and that’s exactly what we are planning to do with the wonderful extra funds!
We are expecting another odd weekend next week, because it’s the 5th weekend of the month, and the first falls I’m on a Sunday. All that to say that most people will be on their last leg, til they can access their funds on Monday. We will certainly be prepared for any extra needs we may encounter. Til then, have a wonderful week, and see you in the streets of Vallejo next Saturday on the 31st!

Saturday is always special to us here at the MLKHP. It was still a somber day, however one we approached with a zest for life. Having had a rough week, due to the loss of one of our original friends out there, it just became even more important to us to show our friends the love and support they need to not only survive, but to recalibrate, reinvigorate, and get back to a state of self sufficiency. However, yesterday we just wanted to show kindness and share the kindness of others with our friends. So after we received two separate donations of hot dogs and buns, we bot only provided all of our friends with their usual lunches and all that comes with the lunches. We also were able to give everyone a hot dog and a juice drink. Oh the smiles, and the reminiscent revelations of the great memories the hot dogs evoked were amazing!! The goal was achieved, and everyone was very pleased and very thankful. Unbeknownst to them, it is we who are thankful that they allow us into their lives, and into their hearts!! So we really had a wonderful day of service to our friends, but also to our furry friends of our friends. Yesterday was International Homeless Animals Day, so we showed our little four legged buddies extra loving yesterday, and they too were thankful and joyfully appreciative! It was really a beautiful day, and one in which we could just take the time to embrace the simple things in life! So we will certainly get back after it, and see y’all in the streets of Vallejo, CA next week!!

It’s Sunday evening in Vallejo, and a somber one at that. Yesterday we went out faced with some additional challenges from an operational standpoint. We were doing a run that required two vehicles and four individuals, in order to execute it effectively and efficiently. We with a limited team, we worked out the semantics, and found a way to make it work. As we headed out, we met a young man in distress, a family in need, and learned of a friends death all within the first 30 minutes! However, thru a very tough start, we stayed the course and found many more of our friends to help. Having a limited crew and the needed available space, we elected to just let everyone have everything, and not just limit to the MLK FAMILY & FRIENDS PROGRAM members. However, we did so with the promise of doing something special for our members next weekend, and if we have a nice surprise for them. Loaded up with our usual 100 sack lunches, toiletries, pet products, Bombas Socks, and much more, we were really excited to start passing out disposal underwear for emergency situations! The idea is to provide our friends with the tools to maintain their esteem by improving upon their availability to hygiene products. It was a particularly long day, but a very productive one nonetheless. We are excited to head out next weekend, to see the faces that need love and hope, and hopefully not to see so many faces of despair. So we will be our next Saturday doing what we do, and we will certainly announce our surprise fir our friends this week! Do have a wonderful evening and see you in the streets of Vallejo next Saturday!

On a quick personal note, we want to say to our dear departed friend Ms. Beverly Malcolm, we loved you then and we love you now! RIP my friend! 🌹

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