The staff and volunteers who work at Masbia like to call it an "Eat Free Restaurant". They explained to us that poor people should be treated with dignity and like high-class people! That's why we noticed that Masbia looks exactly like a restaurant and when people come in they get a table number and get served by a waiter/waitress!
Masbia is only open for meals between 4-9pm so we didn't see it during opening hours, but we did see all the volunteers who come to prepare the meals in action! Some volunteers were washing potatoes; others were peeling and chopping carrots. We saw the cook, who had just finished off cooking for 500 people and we saw the big pots of food on the stove. The Chef in Masbia of flatbush cooks for all the other 3 Masbia locations. Each Masbia has about 125 guests a night and the food is transported from Flatbush to the other 3 locations. The Chef told us that he finishes off cooking 500 portions by 11 am every morning! Wow - we saw how the people in Masbia work hard, are so dedicated and really care!
We asked the young volunteers why they come to volunteer. They told us that at first it was hard but now they gain so much from it and feel so fulfilled from helping out others and doing something good! They don't even find it difficult any longer!
We witnessed a real 'Chessed' at Masbia and some of us showed an interest in becoming a volunteer...
For volunteering opportunities in Masbia, together with your family, please check out this link:
http://www.masbiaflatbush.org/
I have also posted a link of a video of a family who came to volunteer together to serve one evening:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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