Day 5: Community Servings

“Wow” I thought after the UMD Alternative Break team and I left Community Servings, or CS, on May 26, 2015. Perhaps the admirable quality about Community Servings is the staff. Members of Community Servings take pride in their work and their contributions to preparing customary food to ill citizens. For instance, I specifically recall one member washing their hands for about 1 minute before entering the kitchen, even though the requirement is 20 seconds. I tried to wash my hands for one minute as well—but that water was scorching hot! I have so much respect for their cleanliness and willingness. Community Servings faced a brutal winter in early 2015. With record high snow accumulation, CS was still obligated to provide thousands of meals to ill people throughout Boston…and they accomplish that task. I do not know the full details as to how they were able to do this, but I was just amazed that they cared so much that they were willing to risk their safety to provide food.

Even with a great establishment, there is always room for improvement. I was concerned about the amount of gloves that were thrown away for the sack cleanliness. I perfectly understand the logic behind throwing away so many gloves because of contamination. It would be awesome if community servings could reduce their disposal of gloves by 5%.   

- Larry Davis