Saturday, September 19, 2009

Volunteering at the Standdown

We are up early this morning. Right now it is 5:oo am. This morning we are volunteering at the Standdown in White City. It is just above Medford and has a Vets Domicilery there. Every year they hold a standdown where vets that are living on the streets or otherwise in need can get counseling and other help that they need to help get them back on the right track. We aill be manning the Salvation Army Canteen this morning. Last night we made 111 tuna sandwhiches to hand out and we will be cooking and serving hotcakes this morning. We are looking forward to being able to help these people. We will get there about 7:30 and work until noon then back home.
We had to take some supplies up yesterday and I had to check out the canteens electrical system. They kept burning out coffee pots and it looks like a couple of refrigerators bit the dust as well. Someone had hooked the power to the canteen wrong. Instead of the 120 volts it should of had it was hooked up to 208 volts. Needless to say it created some issues. They are just fortunate that they did not burn the thing down! It is going to cost some money to get everything corrected. Glad it was not me who made that mistake! I need to get going so that we are there on time. I will post more later today.

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