Volunteers of the Week

My name is Teri. I am honored to be selected as the
volunteer of the week. I started a new career a year
ago at Wildtracks, a Sound Editorial Company located
in Hollywood. As I started to become familiar with
the neighborhood, I started to feel the need to give
back to this wonderful community and I am so blessed
that I found Food on Foot. FOF has been such an
uplifting experience for me. This organization makes
me feel connected to the community in such a positive,
uplifting way I have volunteered at other
organizations and never felt as connected with the
people. I love the fact that when I arrived everything was so
organized and highly efficient I get the immediate
results of smiles and joy of those less fortunate than
myself. FOF allows the homeless to take pride in a job
well done to earn food vouchers and bus passes. These
are such positive steps in giving these forgotten
souls self-esteem and confidence to get back into
society.

I found the award ceremony especially moving. I love
the smiles and light in their eyes when their names
are called as we clap & cheer them on It is such an
amazing experience it actually moved me to tears the
first time I volunteered. Not only does Food on Foot
feed the homeless and hungry and sponsor a work for
food program, it gives participants an opportunity to
earn self-respect, gain the confidence to obtain and
hold a job and become self-sufficient and get off the
streets.

Teri