USA: SOUP KITCHEN PROVIDES FOOD FOR NEW YORK HOMELESS

Описание: (24 Dec 1998) English/Nat
The Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen - the largest soup kitchen in New York City - is feeding over a thousand people this Christmas Eve.
It is all part of the Christmas season effort to take care of the homeless.
The Holy Apostle church feeds people everyday - but on Christmas Eve, it is also handing out clothing and gloves to the street people.
The kitchen's volunteers use some 100 turkeys, hundreds of gallons of cranberry sauce, potatoes and carrots.
There are more than 70 people who came to help out this time around.
The church also hands out little "care packets" - consisting of tooth brushes, combs and health care products.
The Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen has been offering this service for some 16 years and since that time has provided more than four (m) million meals.
They operate on a budget of one and a half (m) million U-S dollars, most of which consist of checks of 20 and 30 U-S dollars.
Those that come to help say that helping the hopeless has become an integral part of their Christmas.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I find it very satisfying to be able to help someone who is in need, its a very important part of my own relationship to the world. To feed those and to help those that have less than I do."
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The many who come to eat here can sit down in the warmth of the hall of the church while an organist plays music.
One woman says that the atmosphere here is what Christmas is all about.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I don't come here all the time when I do come I find that there is alot of love and there is alot of people who seem to care about homelessness and that care about the people that are here."
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The Reverend William Greenlaw supervises the yearly operation.
He says that although it requires enormous preparation, the results are worth it.
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"The preparation for this started weeks ago but we probably prepared the turkey over the last few days. But our kitchen crew was starting at about six o'clock this morning."
SUPER CAPTION: Reverend William A. Greenlaw
Although New York is undergoing one of its coldest winters, this church is intent on providing warm food and Christmas cheer.

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