Volunteers in the Springfield, Illinois-area, also joined in the day’s proceedings, assisting at St. John’s Breadline, a Springfield soup kitchen started in 1928 that now serves approximately 200,000 meals annually.
Serving 600 meals a day to area low-income and homeless is no small undertaking, yet St. John’s Breadline does so 365 year a year, Thanksgiving and Christmas included.
The Springfield event was under the auspices of Dawn Davis, a 2005 recipient of a Gabe Miller Foundation scholarship. For information on St. John’s Breadline, go to www.cc.dio.org/programs.htm#stjohns.
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2008 | ||
| Chicago, IL | Volunteers assisted Habitat For Humanity. | |
| Detroit, MI | Volunteers assisted at the West Bloomfield Community Fame Games for the disabled. | |
| Ft Collins, CO | Foundation volunteers helped build a green/sustainable home. | |
| Washington, D.C. | Friends of Gabe again helped clean the Anacostia River. | |
2007 | ||
| Detroit, MI | Volunteers assisted clients in obtaining groceries at Yad Ezra. | |
| Ft Collins, CO | Friends of Gabe volunteered for Arts Alive Fort Collins. | |
| Washington, D.C. | Supporters helped Earth Conservation Corps clean Anacostia River. | |
| Chicago, IL | Members of Chicago and its North Suburban communities served dinner to clients of Good News Community Kitchen in Chicago's Rogers Park. | |
2006 | ||
| Detroit, MI | Volunteers assisted clients in obtaining groceries at Yad Ezra. | |
| Ft Collins, CO | Friends of Gabe spruced up the Colorado Coalition of Artists. | |
| Springfield, IL | Volunteers assist at St John's Breadline. | |
| Washington, D.C. | Supporters gather produce from fields for Shepherd's Table. | |
| Waukegan, IL | Members of Chicago and its North Suburban communities prepared and served dinner to residents of the 'PADS at The Center Site'. | |