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By OCTAVIA WRIGHT
Assistant to the Editors
During the holiday season, many
students will return to their homes
and celebrate wit.i family and
friends. However, some people
will volunteer their time in soup
kitchens that will be open for the
'disadvantaged throughout the
holidays.
Carol Garland, director of social
services at the Salvation Army, has
coordinated sonn kitchens for the
homeless for the past five years
and has noticed an increase in the
number of volunteers during the
holiday season.
"I think everyone wants to share
the good feeling, especially during
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low man. And, most of them do
come back," Garland said.
She said she has good memories
of helping the elderly, and she remembers
the gratitude of the
people.
"Even now, I receive letters and
phone calls (from people I help)
inquiring about my welfare," she
said.
The Salvation Army normally
offers meals twice daily throughout
the year for the needy, along
with a thrift store.
"We're very fortunate to have a
thrift store. The clothing that is donated
to us is very good because
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(the donors) know that the clothes
will be used," Garland said.
This year, Uarland plans to contribute
a little bit more than a good
meal during the holiday season.
"We're wrapping some donated,
new, clean underwear for gifts.
They always say that they need
underwear," she said.
At the Oliver Gospel Mission,
where between 75 to 200 people
eat breakfast and lunch everyday, a
special holiday meal complete with
turkey, green beans, pumpkin pie
and assorted fixings will be served,
according to Oliver Gospel Mission
Manager Gary Goldsten.
The Washington Street United
Methodist Church, in conjunction
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with 14 other churches in the 1
downtown area, sponsors a soup i
kitchen Monday through Friday. I
Members of the churches both do- :
nate the food and volunteer their
time to cook.
According to Rev. William Kin- ]
nett, the program has been offered (
for the past 10 years and usually 1
feeds 30 to 40 people during the *
summer and up to 350 people in
the winter.
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summer. Desserts depend upon the
iunds available at that time," he
said.
The church is also "one of the
primary supporters of the Greater
Columbia Cooperative Ministry,
vhich helps people who need melicine,
among many other things,"
Gnnett said.
The church will not, however,
>e offering meals on Christmas
:ve and Christmas Day.
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