For most of us, December is a time to celebrate the holidays with family and friends around a table laden with good food. For folks staying at the Warming Center, it is a time of trying to find food and a warm place to spend the day.  St. Francis Apartments offers housing to people who are over 55 and have a history of chronic homelessness, and many of them have no family or friends nearby. 

This shift begins at 11 AM, and will meet in the dining hall of Gloria Dei to wrap up the cookie bake-off. Last year we had lots of youth helpers to make and decorate, but just a couple of folks left to box up hundreds of cooled cookies and manage the clean-up. This shift is great for age groups able to judge when cookies are ready for packaging. I use large bakery bags and stacking cardboard trays to make an assortment of cookies in each ready for the freezer. Many hands make light work!