Project Kengikat

Giving Thanks

// November 8th, 2009 // Uncategorized

Who have thought that I would one day be using what I called my passion into what is now my “nia” (purpose) Who would have thought that something I use to make a living doing would one day be providing smile and happiness to people who are homeless, have HIV or AIDS as well as low income families, children and seniors? Not me.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been willing to help others. I’ve always volunteered my time to help others, this isn’t something that started when I became homeless, however through homelessness it has become my “nia” in life and once you know what your “nia” is you cant walk away from it Well at least I can’t.

This week I made something that my Ma use to make for me when I was a kid. I make mine a bit different from hers….well I guess I should say it is much different from hers. The way she made it took a long time or maybe I just thought it took a long time because I was kid and wanted everything when I thought about it. LOL. My way is quick and easy. I am talking about Quiche.

The way I make Quiche is fast and easy and almost impossible to mess up. A child can make. Trust me, if you can make a bowl of Cornflakes you can make this Quiche. It is really that easy. Now you can make it a bit more challenging by making you own pie crust or you can stick to the easy way and get crust that is ready to use. You can check my youtube channel for the video.

I also made cornbread dressing this week as well. I wanted to do a sort of dry run before I jumped right into cooking the dressing for my Giving Thanks outreaches this Thanksgiving for homeless people and people with HIV and AIDS. I had a great crowd too. They were honest and didn’t hold anything back. LOL. The dressing was a hit and so was the meal. The Quiche was an extra bonus because my niece had asked me to make it. Dinner was a turkey tenderloin, mashed potatoes and creamed corn. YUMMY

I also needed to get some work done this week as well. My friend Eric came by and dropped off clothing donations from my friend Birgitta that he was nice enough to pick up for me and also donations from him and his sweet girlfriend Willow. It’s always nice to see Eric and Willow, but this time I wouldn’t get to see the lovely face and smail of Willow because she has class in the evenings.

Today I went through the awesome donations and once again I was so happy and impressed with what people gave in order to help me help those who are less fortunate. There were awesome jeans, sweaters, warm jackets, hoodies, t-shirts, button downs as well as casual pants. This is now the second round of donations for my outreach to people living with HIV and AIDS down on Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles that will take place later this month and will wrap up the month long outreach to people in need through my Do Something Saturday and Unpluggin HIV outreaches.

The last cool thing was a box that I received from my friend Dab. As many of you know Iam an Ambassador of Hope for Dab the AIDS Bear Project and I asked Dab if I could present someone with an Dab the AIDS Bear and he said yes. This is going to be a great way to start my “Giving Thanks” outreaches for the month. Thanks to clothing donations I have also been able to add two additional outreaches to people on Skid Row as well as the Jeff GriffithYouth Center. This will make a total of 6 outreaches to people who are in need.

I joked on my twitter page that I was going out to get a bunch of condoms and lube. I got some pretty funny direct messages from people asking all kinds of things. When all I was really doing was picking up a bag of lube and condoms for my outreach down on Skid Row. I called Danny at Being Alive and he left a bag for me at the front desk filed with enough condoms for my outreach. After getting back home I made another entry to my twitter page and again got a big laugh from people. After I told them what the condoms were for they thought it was so cool how got them interested in what I was doing by simply saying I was going to get lube and condoms.

As I type this blog out I am thinking to myself that I really have my work cut out for me now and I am smiling because I like wot work under pressure. This is going to be a great season to be thankful and a great season to do all I can to help people who are in need. With the help of my awesome set of dear friends and loyal supporters I also know that I will be able to give people in need a reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving.