....how bad Carolina is this year.

Nice weather last night. 'Bout doggone time.

PANCAKES
SAUSAGE
DESSERT
SWEET TEA/WATER

A nice basic meal. Breakfast for supper. Good stuff.

It was a light crowd at both stops, especially Mercy House. When we said grace, there was probably 16 people in line, which is half of what we've gotten used to. More came out later, but we never really saw the neighborhood crowd come through the line.
Which just meant more pancakes and sausage for everybody that was there and to go plates if people asked.
I walked in at 6 but stopped to change clothes. By the time I got to the kitchen, there were 5 adults helping Twig that I'd never laid eyes on before in my life. Which was cool because there were a ton of regulars who weren't there last night, so they got more hands on time than they might have normally and helped pick up the slack of the ones not there.
CHUCK  /  THERESA  /  KELLY  /  CHELSEA /  PAUL  /  TWIG  /  TYLER  /  J.BOGGS  /  HAMPTON  /  PAYTON  /  EMILY  /  ANNA  /   MO-GAN  /  CREEEECH!  /  MITCH  /  JOHANNA  /  CAITLYN  /  CHRIS  /  LONDON 
purple means new people
Had a visit at the first stop from two ladies with the Census Bureau. They are trying to count the homeless in Wilmington. They said New Hanover County was the most under-counted county in the state. One of the reasons they gave was lack of trust and fear of law enforcement. I would like to hear them elaborate on that some point. They're going to come back in the future and do a count.
I'm going to let our crowd know that they're coming   so it won't be a surprise. If they don't want to participate, they can skip that week.

The purpose of getting an accurate count of the homeless is to insure that the appropriate amount of funding is received for them. Being an undercounted county results in less funding available for programs and resources for the homeless.

Chris Armstrong is on spring break and came out with us. He's a freshman at Carolina. What a great guy. Could've been taking it easy on his break, but he was lugging coolers and tables at both stops with us. He may be away but he'll always be one of us and we were glad to see him. Plus, being with us last night meant he wouldn't be near a TV or Radio talking about.....