They're all here in our county. The coalition formed in 1995 after a group of Marin residents noticed a growing number of ramshackle sheds and tents housing homeless people in and around Sausalito and Mill Valley. The program now serves four meals a week. Volunteers from a variety of area churches prepare and serve the meals. Coalition volunteer coordinator Guy Baldwin drives a van to pick up people, most of whom have some kind of home or shelter, and deliver them to the various churches and synagogues for a meal.
Most meals begin with a nonsectarian prayer.
Sometimes volunteers play guitar or piano after serving lunch or dinner. Volunteers' children run around and play with the kids they feed. At first, adults seem more hesitant about mingling with another, but they soon relax and make friends. But you see that person come through the door and you welcome them to lunch. You take their hand and introduce yourself and reach through those fears.