LOS ANGELES, CA — Chabad-Lubavitch of California's Mobile Kitchen Program took over the Hard Rock CafÈ at Universal Studios Thursday afternoon so that 600 people who otherwise wouldn't have one could enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
Thanksgiving Rocks at the Hard Rock Thanks to Volunteers’ Generosity
LOS ANGELES, CA — Chabad-Lubavitch of California’s Mobile Kitchen Program took over the Hard Rock CafÈ at Universal Studios Thursday afternoon so that 600 people who otherwise wouldn’t have one could enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
Coordinated by Sharing the Warmth, an initiative of the Mobile Kitchen Program, the effort entailed months of planning, the dedication of hundreds of Los Angeles-area volunteers and the goodwill of the Hard Rock, which has partnered with Chabad-Lubavitch for similar events in the past.
According to Rabbi Mendel Cohen, director of Share the Warmth, half a dozen buses transported people from centers throughout the city; many people also walked in after hearing of the feast through advertisements and word of mouth. He stressed that the program was unique in that it provide strictly kosher food ñ a plus to the many impoverished members of the Jewish community who showed up to eat ñ and that special emphasis was placed on families and single mothers with young children.
“We served a typical Thanksgiving menu,” said Cohen, who coordinated a kosher food distribution at S. Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium last month for evacuees from Southern California’s recent wildfires. “We had yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and tons of turkey.”
