The 'Blue Bus' from Strongsville is On a Mission
Every week, volunteers ride into Cleveland to feed the hungry
It's 5 p.m. on a Wednesday and starting to get dark. A good time to head home, get some dinner and relax. Not for Jerry Lawrence. He leaves his job as head custodian at Surrarrer School and heads over to the Strongville United Methodist Church, where he will spend the next four hours driving a blue bus loaded with food into some of Cleveland's poorer neighborhoods. "We stop at seven or eight different places -- in front of churches, a group home, CMHA property," said Lawrence, who has been driving the bus for the last three years. On a nice night, they'll feed 350 people. "If we see people walking down the street, we'll stop and ask if they're hungry," said Del Painting of Brunswick, who, with his wife, Jeanette, coordinates the mission…
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