It’s a shame the Christmas spirit doesn’t stretch into the spring.
The Dew Drop Inn has too many volunteers during their Christmas dinner. But come Easter, they’re short on servers even though the amount of people looking for a meal is the same or greater. Volunteer Patrick Morrissey thinks maybe the people who help at Christmas assume a lot of volunteers will be there for Easter as well.
“Not because they don’t want to help but maybe they think there will be too many,” he said Sunday before the Dew Drop opened their doors to around 300 people looking for a sit-down turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
“Which is really sad,” executive director Terry Favreau said of the lack of volunteers.
The busy kitchen was well-staffed but volunteers on the floor were run ragged from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. serving meals, coffee, tea, dessert and everything in between. While the weather outside was frightful, resembling Christmas rather than Easter, Favreau said that may have kept some volunteers at home. Then again, some that did make the drive to Red River Road are from rural areas.
“They said it was a little treacherous coming in but they’re here,” she said.
Still it was a thankful time all around from diners and volunteers. Morrissey said he’s been volunteering at the kitchen for seven years because of the satisfaction he gets.
“We always get a thank you, always,” he said.
