JD started working at IMFK last week and has hit the ground running. Its been a deep introduction to street outreach and our Hire Ground program, its not just learning engagement with our friends but also the world of documentation and advocacy. JD has been doing intakes with our friends as well as sitting with someone for 3 hours to help make a police report with SPD on a assault. While waiting for SPD JD decided to pull out a deck of cards and play some rummy while waiting. The great thing about card playing is that it relaxes you and dialogue can begin. JD learned a lot about our friend while playing and was able to advocate with SPD and the agency that our friend was connected to. While working on Hire Ground one morning one of our participants asked JD if he remembered her? She recognized JD because she use to baby sit him when he was a child. What a small world at the end of the day I was able to see the both of them together talking and I could tell that JD was moved by the encounter. After the shift was over JD shared that he would have never thought that he would encounter one of his childhood babysitters  experiencing homelessness. One of the things that I have learned over the last 9 years if not for the Grace of God there go I. We must do whatever it takes to assist our friends outdoors and those living in our homeless shelters. Sous Chefs we at IMFK are making a difference thank you for your support.

John and Leigh Ann