WEBVTT 0 00:00:00.209 --> 00:00:01.850 On the day before Thanksgiving, 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:04.550 we held our annual Friendsgiving event. 2 00:00:04.670 --> 00:00:05.639 We've been able to 3 00:00:06.329 --> 00:00:11.050 make an amazing meal for the community and just for free for anybody that showed up, 4 00:00:11.329 --> 00:00:12.170 no matter who you are, 5 00:00:12.279 --> 00:00:13.069 where you're from, 6 00:00:13.210 --> 00:00:14.569 you're unhoused or housed, 7 00:00:14.649 --> 00:00:15.409 no matter what. 8 00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:18.469 It was just an opportunity for the community to come together 9 00:00:18.690 --> 00:00:19.690 and have fun, 10 00:00:20.170 --> 00:00:21.309 enjoy the company. 11 00:00:21.610 --> 00:00:24.239 We wound up serving 450 people. 12 00:00:24.450 --> 00:00:25.209 They were seen, 13 00:00:25.290 --> 00:00:26.120 they were heard, 14 00:00:26.290 --> 00:00:27.319 there was fellowship. 15 00:00:27.610 --> 00:00:28.629 They came and they spent 16 00:00:29.670 --> 00:00:30.229 Not dollars, 17 00:00:30.309 --> 00:00:33.330 but they spent their time with us and each other and the rest of the community. 18 00:00:33.349 --> 00:00:33.970 And so 19 00:00:34.150 --> 00:00:35.700 that's what we like to focus on. 20 00:00:35.869 --> 00:00:38.770 I was very happy that we had people come, 21 00:00:38.909 --> 00:00:40.090 take advantage of the meal. 22 00:00:40.229 --> 00:00:40.430 I mean, 23 00:00:40.470 --> 00:00:42.209 I know what it's like to have to, 24 00:00:42.509 --> 00:00:42.750 you know, 25 00:00:42.860 --> 00:00:44.009 whenever you're choosing 26 00:00:44.189 --> 00:00:46.529 what bill to pay or do you put food on the table, 27 00:00:46.590 --> 00:00:47.049 and 28 00:00:47.389 --> 00:00:49.569 sometimes life takes you on a different path and that's OK. 29 00:00:49.750 --> 00:00:50.650 Having community 30 00:00:51.029 --> 00:00:52.939 that show us love all the time, 31 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:54.090 I cannot 32 00:00:54.430 --> 00:00:54.689 begin 33 00:00:54.830 --> 00:00:55.990 to fathom 34 00:00:56.229 --> 00:00:56.849 or even 35 00:00:57.450 --> 00:01:00.889 quantify that of how much it really has meant to me and my family 36 00:01:01.029 --> 00:01:02.009 and to my staff, 37 00:01:02.090 --> 00:01:03.939 because especially in the service industry, 38 00:01:04.150 --> 00:01:05.699 this business is for the people, 39 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:06.269 you know, 40 00:01:06.389 --> 00:01:09.809 whenever you're creating a product and it is only successful if 41 00:01:10.470 --> 00:01:11.389 the people come in, 42 00:01:11.739 --> 00:01:15.379 And being able to have an event like Friendsgiving really give 43 00:01:15.379 --> 00:01:17.900 us an opportunity to just show people how much we, 44 00:01:18.019 --> 00:01:18.540 we love them, 45 00:01:18.610 --> 00:01:20.120 how much we appreciate them. 46 00:01:20.739 --> 00:01:21.599 From the beginning, 47 00:01:22.059 --> 00:01:24.209 we've always been homestyle and 48 00:01:24.379 --> 00:01:24.860 the people, 49 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:25.620 our customers, 50 00:01:25.690 --> 00:01:27.419 the community have always told us that's one 51 00:01:27.419 --> 00:01:29.239 of the things that they appreciate about us. 52 00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:31.220 We're not a cut open a bag, 53 00:01:31.739 --> 00:01:32.360 dump it. 54 00:01:32.455 --> 00:01:33.154 Type of business. 55 00:01:33.485 --> 00:01:34.684 Our recipes, 56 00:01:34.974 --> 00:01:36.885 our food is made with love, 57 00:01:37.135 --> 00:01:38.114 it's made by hand. 58 00:01:38.455 --> 00:01:39.675 It does taste different 59 00:01:39.815 --> 00:01:41.415 because there's a lot of intention 60 00:01:41.614 --> 00:01:43.934 that goes into the food that you create. 61 00:01:44.175 --> 00:01:45.375 The people are able to, 62 00:01:45.495 --> 00:01:46.254 to taste that. 63 00:01:46.415 --> 00:01:48.834 To be able to share that love through food 64 00:01:49.095 --> 00:01:49.434 with 65 00:01:49.574 --> 00:01:53.135 our community here is something that I am very thankful for.