Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) – The Buffalo Dream Center readies to, once again, host the local homeless community for a free lasagna dinner and ensure their Christmas Eve is filled with plenty of food and holiday spirit.
The final event of the holiday season for Pastor Eric Johns and the Buffalo Dream Center will be their annual lasagna dinner for the homeless on Wednesday starting at 3 p.m. The dinner will be preceded by music, prizes, and a special message from Pastor Johns this holiday season.
“For many years, the Buffalo Dream Center has worked with the homeless, and we just love so many of them now and know so many of our friends from the streets on a first-name basis. So Christmas Eve is kind of one of those days where people that are on the street are lonely, they’re without family, and I think that’s why we started it about 25 years ago, doing this Christmas Eve dinner,” said Johns in an interview with WBEN. “We started with a big turkey dinner, and after a while we changed to lasagna, and found out that all of our friends from the street love it. They’re like, ‘Wow, that’s so great!’ Everything is donated and run by volunteers.”…