This is perhaps the most time consuming aspects of the ministry. Getting community cooperation is very important . Get the best price for sandwich meat, use day old bread, get donations from restaurants, Caterers, and produce shops. Look for the best buys on off brand name soda. Make Kool-Aid type drinks, but then the expense of paper cups and their disposal comes up.
Canned soda is the best and easiest in the long run.
This is ministry enough to show the poor that we care for them AND more important, for children and youth to meet a poor person with a name and face and begin to build a relationship with that person. IF nothing more is done this is a beautiful example of the church going to the streets and meeting the poor where they are. To replicate this aspect more will be needed. Yet, again, several parishes or Congregatons working together can do marvels. To get a person to leave the streets and deal with their addiction you will need to have a complete program available to them.