An Intimate Senior Q in New England
By Morgan Wotherspoon |
This year Big Boned BBQ chose to do two events. Alex
Morales and I decided to invite the wonderful seniors from Sparrow's
Point 3 to our Coventry dinner. Our two events were the Coventry
Senior Center on October 16th and the West Warwick Senior Center
on October 30th.
This is our third year participating in Senior Q and we love
it more than ever. This year brought a whole new aspect to Senior
Q; we now have senior groupies and these events have become more
intimate. Our first event was the Coventry Senior Center and
Pat Saballa the volunteer coordinator was once again very helpful
and made our Coventry event very successful. Our Menu for this
event was pulled pork, chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, and potatoes
au gratin. The best part of cooking all day is getting to eat
lunch with the seniors as well. It gave me the opportunity to
talk to the seniors that visit the Senior Center on a weekly
basis. They are so fun and full of life and stories. They were
very nice and thanked me just for my time because I hadn't even
served the food yet, but I did fill the kitchen with the smell
of butter and leeks to make the potatoes au gratin. The whole
staff and volunteers including my wife did a great job to help
Alex and I serve the meal. I would like to personally thank
the Girls Scouts of Troop 38 Coventry for serving and clearing
tables. Even my four year old daughter Miranda put on an apron
and cloves and helped clear tables. She proved to be the entertainment
for the seniors talking their ear off as she cleared the plates.
One senior asked her why she was wearing gloves and she said,
"Because I don't want to get cooties." I was a proud
father because she worked so hard and made the seniors laugh.
We served over 90 seniors and had a great time doing it. I
received a thank you card with over twenty signatures from our
new groupies.
Our second event was the West Warwick Senior Center on October
30th. Manny Murray and his staff are top notch. This was our
third year doing the West Warwick event and we have become very
close to the seniors and the staff. Our menu was pulled pork,
ribs, chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, macaroni and cheese and
apple pie. Like the Coventry event I was able to sit down and
have lunch with the same seniors that were signed up for the
dinner meal and we had a wonderful conversation and they were
very excited about the event and wanted me to cook for them on
a regular basis. When the food came out they were very happy
and the plates had empty bones and the people that couldn't finish
were asking for doggie bags. We served over 70 seniors. Alex
and I consider ourselves to be very blessed to be apart of Senior
Q.
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