Father’s Joe’s Villages hosted hundreds of people at its annual feast downtown
Martin Moreno and Elisa Arenas met for the first time and shared a Thanksgiving meal at Father Joe’s Villages on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, in San Diego, CA. The kitchen staff at Father Joe’s Village prepared 1,200 meals for the annual Thanksgiving meal. In a small chapel in downtown San Diego, one was covered with a white cloth in preparation for Catholic Mass.
At Father Joe’s chapel, Deacon Jim Vargas, the nonprofit’s president and CEO, donned a white robe as a handful of people took seats in wicker chairs. Outside, another line grew. Seemingly everyone had backpacks or totes filled to the brim. One woman’s metal cart accidentally tipped over, and a plastic cup bounced on the asphalt. Everyone slowly passed the tables with cocoa, and several topped off their drinks with piles of marshmallows that jiggled and swayed as they walked forward.
Something crashed by the door. The same woman had again lost control of her cart. The mess was quickly cleared, somebody handed her a Pepsi and she was ushered to an open seat. Roger Jones, 85, had driven down from Palm Springs to help serve the meal. It was his first time volunteering here and he was already raving about how many friendly people he had met: Michael, Erica, Antonio. Other members of his family were also part of the serving crew, including a daughter who had flown in from Texas.A local musician plucked at an acoustic guitar. The set list included “Here Comes The Sun,” “Stairway to Heaven” and, swapping out guitar for violin, a Celtic jig.
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