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The rain doesn't stop the Carrie Cares team! On this rainy Saturday afternoon we served 125 friends an Asian-inspired hot lunch. They had General Tso's chicken, orange chicken, spring rolls, rice, and a variety of snacks and beverages.

Our friends were patient as we offered them a hot lunch, snacks, beverages, rain ponchos, hand wipes, toothbrushes and toothpaste, new socks and tee shirts, and other clothing items.

Carrie's family is so proud to serve the community in her memory. We are so grateful to keep her legacy alive!

Natasha and Erika served Philly cheesesteak sandwiches to 125 friends today! It was a beautiful spring day and another opportunity to help others.

Our Junior Ambassadors had a variety of snacks and beverages to offer today.

We are grateful to all of the people who support Carrie Cares. Because of generous donations, we were able to offer clothing and shoes to many friends who visited with us today.

Our volunteers were serving non-stop. 96 friends had barbecue chicken wings, mashed potatoes, string beans, dinner rolls, beverages and cookies.

We were able to offer clothing this month that had been donated to us. In addition, each friend who got a meal was also blessed with two new pairs of socks.

"Many hands make light work." We work together to make this happen.

Colleagues for more than 30 years, Arlita and Erika are now serving friends in need together.

70 friends facing hardships were served grilled teriyaki chicken, yellow rice, stir fry vegetables, cookies, and beverages.

At the snack table, we like to offer a variety of goodies.

We were excited to serve our friends in need a nice hot meal - baked ziti, garden salad, dinner rolls, cookies and a beverage.

We took our time serving so that we had a chance to chat with each friend.

Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity, no matter what their hardship might be.

Each person we served had options for the type of pasta they wanted and options for dessert. We aim to please.

Our Junior Ambassadors take their jobs seriously!

We were blessed to serve 100 friends! We are so grateful for the opportunity.

Our Junior Ambassadors made affirmation cards to let our friends know that they matter and that they are important to us. Each friend was gifted with an affirmation card with their meal.

Our budding artists put a lot of thought into their work.

Imagine receiving a message like this when you are having a difficult day.

A few minutes of their time and energy can definitely turn someone's day around.

The bakery made a generous donation of 100 delicious, fresh-baked cookies to add to the snack bags we were preparing for our friends in need. We were preparing for our Walk For Essentials to be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

We enjoy serving our community! Seventy-one people received a small blessing because of the generosity of our donors. Team Carrie Cares thanks you!

Makhai didn't want to disturb the gentleman. He wanted him to wake up to a surprise.

The wagons were heavy with fresh fruit, water and snacks to share with those in need.

The compassionate interactions between the children and the adults were heartwarming!

We had just finished unloading our vehicles when a friend approached us. We were happy to be able to help.

Team Carrie Cares is so full of gratitude to have had the support from our donors and to have had the opportunity to serve! We served 71 people in need!

We were so grateful for the opportunity to serve humanity in a small way.

The children became the leaders at our event and did an amazing job!

With the Carrie Cares Team performing community service, we can only expect success! The children love helping those experiencing hardships.

Makhai is making sure that each bag is packed correctly and that nothing is missing.

Ke'Sai does the math to inventory how many snack bags are ready to go as Brandon boxes them up.

Our donors made sure to support us so that our Walk For Essentials would be a success! We are so appreciative of those who supported this event!

Children can learn when they are young to give back to the community.

We were excited to prepare for our event. We partnered with Haircutz 4 the Homeless for their Annual Labor Day event on Monday, September 4, 2023 in Center City, Philadelphia. Our triplets (Ka'Ana, Kemyatta and Ka'Sai) and Brielle were heading into the store ready to buy healthy snacks for our friends in need.

Arlita, our secretary, who the kids affectionately call Ummi, and the children in our family, shopping for all the healthy snacks that we put in our snack bags.

Ke'Ara and Arlita "Ummi" organizing boxes in the shopping cart

The kids played a huge part in deciding what we chose to put in our snack packs. You can see Brielle using her calculator to make sure we stayed within our budget.

Once we explained to the kids in our family that everyone doesn't get to eat everyday, they took pride in the assembly of the Carrie Cares Snack Packs.

It took teamwork to get our table organized before we starting serving our friends in need.

We were blessed to have 50 snack packs, 50 personal hygiene pouches and clothing to give away. We had to restock the table multiple times throughout the day as we served those in need.

The family hard at work, serving others with dignity at Haircutz 4 The Homeless's (our partner non-profit) annual Labor Day cook out event.

The kids made sure each person who came to our table left with a bag filled with cold water, snack packs and personal hygiene pouches.

B (Owner of Haircutz 4 The Homeless), Tasha (his wife) and their beautiful daughter with team Carrie Cares. We love that we are able to team up with organizations that want to help as much as we do.

Our partner non-profit and extended family Haircutz 4 The Homeless allowed us to served pizza and cold water at Broad & Walnut Streets while B, the barber gave out free haircuts to those suffering from homelessness.

For our very first event, in February 2023, we took all of our generous donations and gave out over 50 of these warm bags to those in need.

Carrie's Great-Great Grandchildren passing out warm bags in the West Philadelphia area.