To prepare for our FNB feeding, the night before Jess, Ramon, and Chris came over to my house. We cooked falafel, spaghetti, a huge bunch of rice, some noodles out of a package, and some Amy's macaroni and cheese. The next day, with the help of Bailey and his dad's van, we managed to cart that food and lots of bagels and applesauce and food Chris had brought, to Sunflower Park. With Joe, Chris, Dylan, and me setting up at this point, the prospects looked great. We put a table up under the pavilion at Sunflower park, laid out the food and the silverware and plates and washcloths, and milled around, eating our own food and waiting. I left with Joe to get a banner out of his car to spraypaint a FoodNotBombs logo on in order to attract more people, and when we came back about six or seven friends had shown up. It was cool having a crowd, especially a crowd of friends, eating and talking and having a good time. The spraypainted sign idea sort of failed (it looked really sloppy and unprofessional). Any attempts to spraypaint on vinyl should be avoided. Afterward, packing up this stuff was hard because of our lack of Bailey and his vehicle. We sort of just piled it into Joe's car for a while. We need a FoodNotBombs-specific vehicle. And next time I'm sure if we'd had a sign we'd have more people, lots more. It was a good day and I was surprised to see it work out like it did. The next feeding will be bumpin'. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Criticism? Send them my way!
-Nathan
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did you flier for it? i'd make sure to - also there's a woman named linda brown at the first united methodist church near the checkers downtown - maybe talk to her about getting the word out, especially to the homeless.
are you an actual branch of foodnotbombs, or are you just pulling something out of thin air ?
kathryn-well fnb is sort of an anarchist/non egalitarian/ballz to the wallz thing, which means you don't need to be part of some original circle of friends with the creators of fnb to start a group up in your own community.
ryan- no, good idea, haha. and oh awesome, you've got connections my friend. i'll track her down.
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