A mission to serve unites volunteers helping out at homelesss shelters on Christmas

[Omaha Steve]

JEFF BUNDY/THE WORLD-HERALD
Andrea Davis smiles as she picks up plates during breakfast at the Open Door Mission on Christmas Day.


http://www.omaha.com/news/goodnews/a-mission-to-serve-unites-volunteers-helping-out-at-homelesss/article_acd66c26-ab61-11e5-aebf-b3f97e521ba4.html

POSTED: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015 5:46 PM | UPDATED: 1:59 AM, SAT DEC 26, 2015.
By Russell Hubbard / World-Herald staff writer

They came from miles around — you could see them walking the airport road as early as 8 a.m.

Men with few possessions on Christmas morning, maybe a backpack or duffel. A sleeping bag lashed to the back.

Behind the car rental shop on Abbott Drive was the destination — the Open Door Mission’s men’s center for Christmas brunch. Simple, hot: sausage links, eggs, roasted potatoes, and plenty of juice and milk.

The director of the Garland Thompson Men’s Center, Pat McKernan, has beds available, work placement help, drug addiction programs and so forth, but participation in none was a requirement on Christmas. No one, McKernan said, got turned away Friday.

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[PeaceNikki]

1. I was just discussing this with a friend yesterday. He volunteers every month at a homeless shelter.

Often the holidays are saturated with volunteers which is great, but for many of those people, it's the only time they help and the need is consistent all year. Sadly, they feel they've done their duty and ignore them the rest of the time.

I'm looking at you, Scott Walker.