Sunday Suppers
Cause Area
- Community
- Homeless & Housing
- Hunger
Location
1308 Clifton St. NW#504Washington, DC 20009 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
It is the mission of Sunday Suppers to share friendship with the people we serve and establish relationships that continue from week to week.
Description
Once a week, Sunday Suppers sets up tables and chairs on the sidewalk, pushes Motown, Soul and R&B out big speakers and shares an hour and 15 minutes visiting with people at two different sites. As important as the food and clothing we provide are, they are secondary to the real heart of the program, sharing friendship and establishing relationships.
Our 1 meal a week will not keep anyone alive, physically. Yet, some of the people we serve have told us that we are the best friends they have. Together with the people we serve, we create a culture of our own on streets that are normally hostile. It is a culture where people look each other in the eye, enjoy conversation and food and where hugging is normal behavior.