Rotarians Deliver Food and Supplies to Homeless "Street Angels" in Ocean Beach (Article)

Posted by Charles Foster

on Oct 25, 2013

Rotarians and family from the Del Mar area joined with San Diego’s Urban Street Angels to feed the homeless youth of Ocean Beach several weeks ago. After preparing over 80 meals, the Rotary contingent carpooled to Ocean Beach to distribute the meals along with water, socks and hygiene packs. The homeless youth appreciated all, especially the warm food and socks. Some mentioned that this was their first meal in days.

Participants included Mark and Susan Hennenfent, Kevin Cahill, Hakan Sakul and his family, Dr. Art Mendoza, Paul Butler and Eduardo Guerra from the Del Mar-Solana Beach Rotary Club as well as Rotary Interact Club students from Canyon Crest Academy. The Rotary Club plans to participate regularly with Urban Street Angles.

Urban Street Angels is a volunteer-based outreach to the estimated 6,000 homeless youth sleeping on the streets of San Diego each night. Walking the streets, parks, and beaches in small groups on a consistent basis, they pass out meals and supplies, and distribute information about shelters, youth services, medical care, and job opportunities. In doing so, they hope to inspire these “street angels” to change the things they don’t like and to chase after the things they want to achieve. The reference to “angels” comes from a quote in the Bible’s Old Testament (Hebrews 13.2). To Urban Street Angels’ volunteers, each individual they meet on the streets is, in their eyes, an angel.