Today was a fantastic day in so many ways. Our first priority of the day was to travel to the House of Blues for a concert with around 200 children from local schools. The House of Blues is a very interesting place. The venue is very ornate with a plethora of art around the room all over the place. The room has two balconies and sunken continental seating area. The performance was fantastic. I spent the entire time walking the room, taking pictures, video and giving notes to Mark and Jeff, the sound engineers. Anna was our contact for the program. She is a very passionate person and loves bringing groups in for the kids.
We are all blown away by the thought that we had a chance to play at such a prestigious venue. Many famous artist have set foot on the House of Blues stage and we were in aww by the architecture, atmosphere, and power of the space. Hopefully we will get some pictures and video out on the web for everyone to see and hear.
Our next stop was in Aurora at the Feed My Starving Children warehouse. We arrived early and were put to work attaching 100's of label to the food bags. This was very fun, as we kept the staff entertained by singing all sorts of songs, especially Sinatra. It just so happened that the lady who was working in the warehouse had a Sinatra CD and put it on for us - what a coincidence.
For the actual pack we were split into teams to fill the bags of food that are shipped to children in many countries around the world. The food consists of rice, soy bean, veggies, and a chicken flavoring. It is nutritious and tasty too. One bag can feed a child for six meals. Our packing team packed around 1700 meals in the two hours we volunteered. This will be enough to keep 17 children from starvation for a year.
This system and organization is superb and has thoroughly though through all the red tape you run into when working with overseas food relief. I commend all the people involved in this organization. I also commend Starbucks for sending there employees to work in the community and also monetarily giving back to support this good cause. About 8 of the Starbucks employees were working along side us to do the pack. I really wish they would have brought some samples. Some of the zombies in the group (Jensen) could have used the caffeine.
Great day overall and really fun too. We had BBQ ribs for dinner. We are now all full, tired and heading to bed. Tomorrow is Hessed House day.
I will keep you up to date on day four of our trip.
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