A DAY OF GIVING: DAMN IT! THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU!

I put in 3 hours at The Community Food Bank. I met some wonderful people. I figure, I'm not a celebrity actor type who can just adopt an infant from Africa in a drop of a hat, so this is my way of staying away from the mental trap of "tortured, self-obsessed, selfish, egomaniacal, temperamental, difficult, victim, poor-me" stigma that most actors are stereotyped as.
Here's Justine Collins, my colleague registering the volunteers. (She was also very instrumental in getting me settled with The School Of Theatre Arts when I first arrived here.) Justine you're the best!
I painted indoors for most of it. Here's me next to one of my many purple murals.
After my delicious lunch, I came around and congratulated the kitchen crew on their "fabulous meatawbawls!"
After my shift, I stepped outside and chatted up with some other volunteers. Below is a picture of a father and son team having just finished painting bird houses for the local park adjacent to the food bank...