ROANOKE, Va.—
Working on Christmas turned out to be a blessing for volunteers in our hometowns.About 120 of them fed the less fortunate at the Roanoke Rescue Mission yesterday.
About 970 more people than came then what they normally see on a typical day.
Not even the workers who normally man the holiday dinners expected so many people to come through.
"Based on our numbers from Thanksgiving we expected a slightly fewer number of people. We started out slow, it being a Sunday at noon, we had very few people here at noon, but by one o'clock we were in full swing," said Andres Sylvester-Johnson Rescue Mission cook.
Annual Christmas dinners in Martinsville and Danville had well over 1,000 people each.
Volunteers at each location also gave out clothes and toys for children.
