Fortune threw this lil project, if you can even call it that, in my lap. Its simple as the name says, Hamburgers 4 the Homeless. I was having a BBQ at the crib, all the folks came thru, we were watching the playoffs, all that, and they left me with hella lbs of ground beef. Seeing as all I do with beef is handle it, never eat it, I figured I’d whip up some burgers and pass em out to the my more nomadic mission neighbors. Threw em some mustard and some buns and then took to the magic school bus to find some hungry folks out in the streets. Funny thing was, I ended up driving around for a koo hr looking for some homeless ppl. As I drove, I realized, they dont really sit in a collective spot that I could locate, esp after the new loitering laws. I decided to swing back by my house and fancy that, a fat group of willing takers. I then ran down to Franklin Park down the st and found some more folks. It was a funny cycle in my head because when I thought to make the burgers in the first place, I had an idea that homeless ppl would be everywhere and so easy to find. The search both reaffirmed and contradicted my hypothesis. On the one hand, they were everywhere, just everywhere on my block. The next step is to pass the baton. Someone needs to take charge to be the next one to pass out burgers and tell a story about it. Hit me @andre.g.gray@gmail.com if you are willing to be the next one. If not, imma track someone down and terry tate officer linebaker them till they get down with the H4H mvmt.
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