A great idea. I have for some years been in contact with a Maori living in Australia who spends much time living with the homeless in Sydney. He organised food kitchens and basically squatted the homeless in Sydney's Martin Place business district. The current NSW Premier, a woman of Armenian extraction, right wing politics, took objection and passed law soon after gaining power, to criminalise the homeless.

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I think we had one doing meals in Puerto rico..
The one that ivanka had removed from a party because he made her uncomfortable

The first thing I thought of are the restaurants Jon Bon Jovi has opened. Apparently, someone else on the Facebook posting thought of the same thing. There are a number of restaurants around the country that try to do the same things for their communities.
There are good people who do try to make a difference.

Incredible! Thanks for sharing. I heard of a stellar place where you had the option to do the dishes to pay for your meal... and a coffee shop that had a system where people regularly bought an extra coffee to be logged and available to whoever asked for a free coffee! Geeze, we all start as selfish little organisms many times vying for resources or their acquirement. I idealistically have an operative belief that we are all fellows here, and that we may easily create our own hell if wish -or, care for the flourishing of humanity itself. I believe we should not leave footsteps of mere consumers but take the same consideration of the world as they would their own child. Getting humans on the same page is like herding cats, but seriously, before the heart is desensitized and hardened by the world and knowledge of the world it has everything you need to know in this life... all the while dealing with that desire-demands and needs of the body Speaking of pages though, people usually recognize that the only rational way this world may operate is through loving-kindness, and if they are developed and wise they would throw compassionate with the wisdom to know what compassion is in a given situation. and the consideration for the well-being of the conscious. The root is selfish, the fruit is selfless. As sapience, it is our birthright to cultivate our hearts and reap healthy care for existence -and blah, blah- wholesome content to share and the pursuit of the quality of all life-experiences in general as that is the only thing a paramount value... but seriously, I am serious, just flowery.

There is a man here in So Cal who has been doing that for years with his restaurant; and he's an immigrant. He feeds destitute families that have no homes, or who live in places, like fleabag motels, where they have no cooking facilities. His restaurant burned to the ground a couple years back, and he was so horribly distraught, not that he lost his livelihood, but that he could not feed the people anymore. That is the epitome of humanity, to me. These are the immigrants too few people hear about.

Good for the chef!!!!