Stronghold Baptist has a funeral going on. Not to worry, though, says the event organizer. The project director and a few of the children are on the way to get their gifts. The event will be staged in the lobby of the Best Western Hotel, where the compassionate D.C. delegation is housed. The handoff never happens.
Event organizers say it is the traffic.
But in a telephone interview, project director Harriet Hill says something about a problem with her grandchildren preventing her from showing up. She says she did stop by in the afternoon, but no one from the D.C. delegation was on hand to greet her. So she gathered up the bags and left. Wednesday evening, Aug. 2. The hour has arrived to show some compassion of my own.