Today, we broke our van group in two, half going to Casa Maria, half to Primavera. Both groups worked preparing food for poor or homeless people of migrant origins. Casa Maria was a very run down, Catholic community based food distribution center. After spending some time making sandwiches (more than 300 of them) we attended a brief Catholic mass on the side porch of a tiny pantry, where a campus priest and Dominican friar preached to a congregation of no more than 50. Primavera was more of a well-equipped homeless shelter with full facilities. We were planning to observe an immigration trial at court in Tucson, but the court turned out to be closed for President's Day. So we walked around town for a bit and then took a drive and hike into the mountains, which had more cacti than Belmont has UU's! We then returned to base and are now in the process of showering. All returned safely and happily.
Scott Backman
Scott, GREAT report. And for the record, it is STILL VERY COLD back here in Belmont!
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