VA employees, UGRM feed community on MLK Jr. Day

Volunteers from the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center continued a tradition of service on Monday, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. VA employees cooked a massive community lunch at the United Gospel Rescue Mission in Poplar Bluff.

Janice Taylor, at right, talks to Theresa Williams, left, a nurse at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. Janice Taylor is the manager of Equal Employment Opportunity at the VA. She and other volunteers have been preparing food and serving it at the local United Gospel Rescue Mission since 2022 in honor of the late Dr. King.DAR photos/Barbara Ann Horton

Paula Taylor, Janice’s sister, takes peanut butter cookies from the oven. Paula Taylor, who is the W.E. Sears Youth Services food supervisor, made eight dozen yeast rolls and five dozen cookies to serve. They also made about 10 gallons of chicken and dumplings. The VA volunteers started cooking between 8-8:30 a.m. Monday for the food to be ready at serve at lunch.

Volunteers from the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center continued a tradition of service on Monday, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. VA employees cooked a massive community lunch at the United Gospel Rescue Mission in Poplar Bluff. The tradition began in 2022.

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