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“When you tell people you’re working on Thanksgiving, they say how sorry they are for you. My first stop was the Grace Welcome Center where, after meeting with the folks serving free breakfast, I was given a tour of the facility and talked with the people who volunteer there.”

• The people at the Grace Welcome Center are very selfless and took time on Thanksgiving to help others. They wanted others to have food to eat and an enjoyable thanksgiving even if it took time out of theirs.

The showers are disinfected between each use, and each person gets a package containing new underwear, a T-shirt, socks, and personal hygiene products. “We also give out packaged washcloths and brown bag lunches,” Parsons said.

• Cleaning the showers and preparing prepackaged things wouldn’t happen without a helping team.

“We have a great group here and really try to help anyone who comes in looking for assistance,” Russell said. “Whatever the need is, we’re going to fill it.”

• The Grace Welcome Center is here to help others and make the world a better place and the more volunteers the best.

The world can be a thoroughly nasty place at times, and we’ve had a lot of “those times” recently. It’s great to know there’s still so much good in the world and that it can be a beautiful place, too. Helping others and sending love and good vibes out into the world may not fix everything, but it’s certainly a far sight better than doing nothing.

• Helping others and doing the right thing is a great act of kindness for The Grace Welcome Center and even if they can’t fix everything the people who volunteer and the organization are making a big impact.

“Spending a few hours with these folks — right here in our community — restored some of my lost faith in humanity.”

• There are good people in the world and we need to recognize that.