Day 3 comes to an end as our group sips coffee in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas. The day has been full with a trip to the Dallas Zoo and our busiest day at the Resource Center Dallas food pantry yet.
Bundled and layered in the few jackets we brought, our group took a journey to the wilds of the Dallas Zoo. Amongst the tigers, elephants, mandrills, and ducks, our Mizzou 7 roamed and laughed and even rode the carousel. Thanks to our friend Deborah at the Resource Center, we landed free entry to the zoo, as well as tickets for the zoo railway and carousel. As the place was fairly empty, except for a few families and one school group of small kids, we had quite of bit of interaction with zoo researchers and staff. We ran into a group of researchers observing the two new male guerillas who’d come from the Toronto Zoo. The boys were only 6 months apart and came together, as “they are BFF’s,” as one researcher put it.
Our work at the RCD’s food pantry was with little downtime. They receive their shipments of donated food on Wednesdays. We were happy to do the work and got plenty of chances to chat with clients while they shopped. Kevin, the other volunteer with us at the pantry, is always nice to work with and gave Sean a taste of his life story, which proved to be interesting as he’s lived in several cities around the country. We’re enjoying our time with RCD. It’s hard to think we’re over half-way done with our week. I’m sure we’ll find reasons to keep up with them from Columbia.
The coffee in our mugs is beginning to run dry and we’ll soon head for some pizza. We look forward to telling your more as we take on the Lone Star State and get to know a community outside our own.
Do it for Carl,
Dallas ASB
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