Society Matters | Adam’s Angels Hosts Christmas Luncheon with Kenny Loggins
About 500 Homeless and Other Guests Gather for Feast and Entertainment
On Christmas Day at the Veterans’ Memorial Building, Adam’s Angels once again hosted a fabulous Christmas meal open to anyone in the community. A large team of volunteers warmly welcomed about 500 guests, many of them homeless, and provided them with a delicious meal, presents, supplies, and entertainment, including a heartwarming performance of Christmas songs by Kenny Loggins and Jackson Gillies.
While most Santa Barbara residents spent the holiday season at parties, shopping, and visiting with family, Adams Angels Co-Founders Adam McKaig and Melissa Borders and their Angels spent the past couple of weeks preparing for this event. Asked what motivates him, McKaig related how many of the guests have no family in Santa Barbara to care for them. Similarly, he and many volunteers don’t have family here and at the event, he shared, everyone “becomes one big family united around the table.”
The gratitude from guests, according to McKaig, is huge. Everyone is welcome. The event caters to those without houses, McKaig shared, but also to those who are just hungry and, more importantly, to those who are lonely.
