On a cold January day volunteers from the New Acropolis school in Chicago met at their school to prepare home-cooked sandwiches for unhoused people in the city.

After preparing the food the volunteers headed out to deliver them to members of the community who needed them in the cold and snowy winter.

While giving out the food, we shared moments of warmth with our neighbors, and as we were engaging in conversations we realized that at the end of the day, beyond external differences and circumstances, all people just want to have a warm human contact, without judgment, with kindness and with dignity.

This humbling and humane experience left a warm feeling in both the volunteers and the recipients’ hearts.