From Savannah-
They line up outside the Emmaus House on Reynolds Square before 8:30 a.m. four days a week.
Inside the parish house of Christ Church Episcopal a team of volunteers has already prepared a hot breakfast, waiting for the hungry, largely homeless, customers.
The rules are clear.
“We’re serving guests in our home,” said Kim Bockius-Suwyn, vice president of the board. “If you’ve caused a problem, you can’t return.”
She said clients seem to respect that, adding that a lot of self-policing goes on.
Otherwise, the door is always open.
“We feed anybody,” she said. “You don’t have to prove you are homeless to be fed.”
The Emmaus House formerly served a midday meal, but because it and the Social Apostolate on Liberty Street were serving at the same times, “nobody was serving breakfast,” Bockius-Suwyn said.
More here-
http://savannahnow.com/news/2012-02-10/feeding-hungry-dodging-red-ink-emmaus-house#.TzUahZjMefQ
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