Last night, Harry and I, along with 30 other volunteers from our 7th grade Just For group, hosted 5 homeless men from downtown Charlotte. We made up beds, gave them clean towels and toiletries, made them dinner, and watched movies with them. Overall, it was a good experience. It felt good to give back to those less fortunate. The youngest of our guests was a 26 year old man. He was very nice and told us that he slept outside on Friday night (when the low in Charlotte was 16 degrees). Our one disappointment was that we were expecting 10 guests and only got 5. This on the same day The Charlotte Observer reported that homeless shelters in Charlotte are full. We can only hope that everyone who needed a warm place to stay last night, found it.
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