Dig In for the homeless - Streets of Your Town

Streets of Your Town

In efforts to bring you a little lock down cheer and hope in the world, in this episode of Streets of Your Town we’ll meet a group of people who cook home made meals for the homeless, rain, hail, or pandemic shine.

"Dig In" hasn’t missed a single service to the people who eagerly await their homely meal, with hundreds of volunteers on the roster to cook every Saturday since it was started by four school mates on October 28th 2017.

Come with me on this episode of Streets of Your Town to meet this joyous group of Dig In volunteers who gather to cook every Saturday, in a humble commercial kitchen at inner city Brisbane high school St James College.

The wholesome meals they’re creating are destined for homeless people living rough in the city, who often yearn for but cannot access a freshly cooked home made meal.

Co-founder Lucas Ryals and brand ambassador and fellow lawyer Brad Marland are now looking to expand Dig In to the next stage of providing home made meals in specially designed vending machines accessible by the homeless with a special code, in towns far beyond the organisation’s Brisbane beginnings.

They’re also looking to expand Dig In’s service into high schools.

Lucas tells me in this podcast how it was a shock to them to learn how extensive a problem homelessness and poverty is, and how some students go without food for days. He hopes that the nourishing meals provided by Dig In can help remedy that, and improve school grades and attendance as well.

https://www.digin.org.au

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