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Nov '24
Mission: Austin Street Center
01
Nov '24
Every year on New Years Eve GPC has fed the residents at the Austin Street Center (ASC) in downtown Dallas and this year will be our 38th straight year performing this mission. ASC has grown and changed fairly significantly; many of you may remember serving in the old location with the beds—housing up to 240 people-literally 50’ from the serving line and GPC members making a sloppy joe meal for the guests.
ASC center has changed dramatically and has relocated across the street from its original spot. ASC now has separate dorm areas for men and women, full commercial kitchen, training center, computer lab, and very large seating/dinner area for the guests. ASC’s capacity has increased as well; we now plan on serving 400+ meals. We also support the meal differently; for a very similar amount of money, we now cater the meal through Tejano Brothers catering who do a terrific job with the meal. This frees us up to serve and mingle with guests for a more interactive mission engagement.
Grace crew – New Years Eve 2023
We will officially ask for volunteers and donations for this event later in November; please consider at that time purchasing a meal for 1 or more ASC guests at approximately $10/person. And if you can, volunteer to serve, either as a line server or as a greeter to engage with the guests during the meal service. We hope to see you at Austin Street Center on New Years Eve!