..How 1 dad inspires teenagers to make 33,000 burritos for the homeless
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How 1 dad inspires teenagers to make 33,000 burritos for the homeless

Peanuts creator Charles Schulz once said, “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” That couldn’t be truer for a group of 15-year-olds from the San Diego area.

It all started during the 2010 holiday season when Alec Johnson, then 12, gave his parents a fairly lavish Christmas wish list. “I asked for an iPad, iPhone and MacBook.” He says his dad was surprised and said, “I would never buy that for you because all the other people on the street could never get that.”

“I didn’t want to raise a spoiled child,” says Alec’s dad, Michael. “So we decided to take some steps to give him a little bit more of an education about the realities of life.”

It was then that Michael and his wife Mehrnaz, came up with an idea to help by feeding the homeless. On a December Sunday, in their small kitchen, the Johnsons and Alec’s friend Luke made 54 egg and cheese burritos and went to downtown San Diego to feed the homeless. Initially, Alec wasn’t completely sold on the idea. “I first thought it was actually a punishment to teach me a lesson, but it turned out to be fun.”

That was more than 130 Sundays and over 33,000 burritos ago. Every Sunday for the past two-and-a-half years, they have been a downtown staple. The group expanded from two boys to seven, and they formed the non-profit Hunger2Help, Kids Taking Action. Each Sunday, the boys, fondly known as the “Burrito Boyz,” and a group of regular volunteers made up of kids and adults, start their morning at dawn to crack, scramble and wrap 450 egg burritos, then head downtown where hundreds of men and women line up waiting.

”They give out clothes, they give out the water. They give you a hot meal,” says Jeff, waiting in line. “The whole morale of the day is this awesome feeling knowing somebody does care.”

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What are we doing to serve the poor?

Well, I'm not kissing their feet and being ecuмenical with them, if that's what you're asking.

The Burrito Boyz have their reward--the applause of men.  Whooppee!

It's so gratifying to see that not all wealthy elites sleep in on Sunday mornings.  

Now if only they would become Catholics........... :rolleyes:

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What are we doing to serve the poor?

Well, I'm not kissing their feet and being ecuмenical with them, if that's what you're asking.

How about feeding them?  Our Lord and his Apostle St. James seemed to think that was pretty important.

The Burrito Boyz have their reward--the applause of men.  Whooppee!

I really wonder if it is a necessary condition for being a trad that you find some way to criticize any one who does anything good.  

Sigismund- No, it's not.  You don't understand NY humor.  The sarcasm is for poche who idolizes "very nice" people.  Let the Burrito Boyz continue their program.  It's poche's Newchurch niceties I'm down-thumbing.  
Frances.
BTW-  I, too, am involved with feeding those in need.  But I don't tell about it in such a manner as to imply others are guilty of being selfish.  If anyone is interested, he can PM me.

I would suggest feeding there souls is more important. That's the real idea behind feeding the poor.

I actually have to agree with this. Lord knows that with drugs, broken homes, thug activity, etc. the biggest ailment of our inner cities is the Word of God.