Arundel House of Hope Provides Food, Shelter
Peace Lutheran Church participates in Arundel House of Hope's annual Winter Relief shelter, providing food and a temporary place to live for 26 men.
Vi and Joe Giusto looked as if they could have been in any trattoria Saturday night. Joe was ladling out his homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs over steaming pasta, Vi was helping with the plates. But they were among half a dozen or so volunteers at Peace Lutheran Church in Glen Burnie for the Arundel House of Hope’s Winter Relief shelter. The 26 men who would be spending the night in the church’s basement were hungry. “Man, they are waiting for spaghetti,” Vi said. “They sure are,” said volunteer Jane Hudgins, who took a plate of spaghetti from her and added a salad, then handed it to one man. “Here you go. Careful, it’s hot on the bottom.” The shelter has rotated among places of worship throughout the county since 1992, said Karen …
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