LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — On daily basis, volunteers with Catholic Charities put together and supply round 500 meals for anybody who wants them. The observe continues on Christmas day, with 750 meals able to go.
For volunteers like Humberto Trueba, it’s a little bit extra particular on Christmas.
“I’m here with the family, you know, serving the community, helping the community, which is probably the most important thing in my life right now,” Humberto Trueba mentioned.
That is Trueba’s eighth 12 months in a row volunteering at Catholic Charities on Christmas day. Eight years in the past his mom impressed him to provide again.
“At that time, my mom passed away and it was just a way to give for follow her footsteps of giving back to the community,” Humberto Trueba mentioned. “She was, instrumental in my life, helping me out when I was young, and I just wanted to do something nice for her.”
Meals are free and open to anybody, every single day of the week from 10 to 11 a.m. (KLAS)
It’s now grow to be a Christmas custom, bringing collectively Trueba’s household. This Christmas, he’s right here along with his daughter and son Tre.
“I just enjoy it. Everybody here has a good attitude,” Tre Trueba mentioned. “Everybody’s smiling, and it’s just, it’s honestly just a fun way to spend your Christmas morning.”
Tre Trueba hopes the vacation conjures up others to volunteer.
“I think, people should come,” Tre Trueba mentioned. “But not only on Christmas. Like, I feel like they can come every day of the week because it’s busy now, but I feel like on the weekdays, it’s like when it’s like when it matters the most.”
Whereas the vacation is a special occasion of meals service, volunteers with Catholic Charities say for the reason that program started in 1965, they’ve by no means missed a day of giving out meals.
