PHOENIX — As the sun began to peak over the horizon, the roosters tested out their newly developed crows, signaling the new day to come to everyone on the Key Campus.
But inside the St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix Dining Room, volunteers were already hard at work scooping peanut butter into small containers, filling coffee pitchers and placing fake flower arrangements on each table, prepping the room for the soon-to-arrive visitors.
Among the volunteers, CJ Chavez too helped ready the room. He sported cuffed jeans, an ear-to-ear smile, and yellow socks to match his bubbly, enthusiastic attitude…