UTD Enactus Students Feed Downtown

Lets Can Hunger

Find somewhere to serve Raise Funds and Buy Food Feed those in Need
In the picture to the left students huddle around Jose at the bridge homeless shelter; offering a hug for comfort.

I knew that feeding the homeless was more personal than donating to a food drive, we get to talk to and know the

It Appears Small, but Impacts Big

Alhaam Tahir, Zayd Najjar, Cassius Miller, Jonathon Villarruel, and Raeaan El-Asha are all students attending UTD and this year they participated in Enactus. After Enactus set forth a challenge of Lets Can Hunger the students wanted to take action. Cassius Miller formed a team of five and decided that they would impact the community by feeding downtown at the Bridge Homeless Shelter on February 8, 2014.

people.-Zayd
Najjar

Preparation for Feeding

Everyone knows that college students are always on a tight budget, but this did not stop UTD Enactus students from serving the homeless food. After the group donated funds towards purchasing food, students Raeann and Alhaam made a trip to Wal-Mart to shop for food. The total sack lunches provided were around 40; each lunch sack contained: a sandwich, fruit snacks, bottled water, and a granola bar.

Above: student Ahlaam prepares fresh sandwiches.

Above: Cassius Miller leads the way with Jonathon to handout fresh sack lunches..

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Downtown Feeding
After preparation of the food the students car pooled downtown to the bridge homeless shelter. When the students arrived they immediately saw swarms of people in need. Cassius encouraged the girls not to be afraid, he said, Dont be scared to interact with the homeless, they are just like us. Because of previous bias most of the time people may have a misconception of how the homeless respond, thats why Enactus sought to meet the Above: need directly with food.

Above: Over 40 homeless people received food from the UTD students,

Raeann keeps tally of sack lunches made to ensure that they met all needs.

Help in Hard Times

In this section of the article we wanted to reflect on the hearts of the UTD students. It was cold, it was tough being in the streets, but this is a reality the homeless face daily-Jonathon Villarruel I used to be homeless for a short period of time, so this really hits closer than many know.-Cassius Miller I have changed my views on homeless people, we are all the same, we are human.-Raeann El-Asha I I knew that feeding the homeless was more personal than donating to a food drive, we get to talk to and know the Friends Name people.-Zayd Najjar Back in my home country Street Address Caption describing picture or graphic. homelessness appeared like a small City, State Zip Code problem but here I have the freedom to help.-Ahlaam Tahir Ahlaam and Raeann feel good after helping. Cassius carries bags full of food. Zayd, and
Jonathon

hand out food.

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