 
really the whole idea behind coming here
is to do things for others you know it's
not always about ourselves it's really
really making a huge impact for us not
only to the prep work the potatoes and
you know getting the turkeys ready but
it also influences the people here
because people see and they get involved
because of the excitement and you know
when you have people in here with their
their culinary garb it generates kind of
an excitement to fill the whole facility
and the people that we serve well first
of all I want to thank my kids because
this isn't possible without my kids
being willing to come here and share
their gifts and talents here at the Rome
rescue mission and I think that it's
really important for other either
colleges or BOCES to go to their local
rescue mission and give them a hand
they feed hundreds and hundreds of
people this is a very little rescue
mission and they feed close to almost
six to six to eight hundred people for
holiday meals here and it's a lot of
work for these ladies and it's a great
experience for me as an adult it's
humbling and it's it's early-warning and
joyfully and the same thing for my kids
it gives them a chance to give back to
the community and what their parents
have taught them about doing good people
