Impossible

A couple of weeks ago we held an off-site meeting to review what all we were doing on a daily basis. One of the issues that came up was, that to a large degree, what we are attempting to do is impossible.

Barry, our food service coordinator, strives to coordinate meals for seven days a week, with only a guess as to how many guests will show up to eat. Over the past year, over 16,000 meals were served.

Our director of volunteers, Liz, attempts to schedule, train and facilitate over 2,400 volunteers to serve the meals, stock the food pantry, clean refrigerators, seal letters, along with a variety of other duties. Volunteers range from age 5 to 85.

Nadja is Manna's case manager - unlike her peers, who often have a case load of 5 to 10 clients, attempts to meet the needs of over 400 households.

The words of Gale Baker Stanton inspire us onward:

To achieve all that is possible,
we must attempt the impossible.
To be as much as we can be,
we must dream of doing more...