Sweetest Santas on the Scene
Alan Graham and Mobile Loaves & Fishes
When Hurricane Ike ravaged the Gulf Coast last month, one of the first nongovernmental relief crews on the scene was Austin's Mobile Loaves & Fishes, with catering trucks loaded down with provisions and dozens of bighearted volunteers eager to get relief into the hands of the people. No surprise. This is old hat to this group, one of the first to transcend barricades and get on the ground in post-Katrina New Orleans in 2005. Now, the title of this award was easy. MLF's founder and the fella who serves as Big Kahuna on so many of their road trips is Alan Graham, who doesn't even need to don red to be mistaken for that Claus dude. Like Santa, Alan also serves as a symbol, as Mobile Loaves & Fishes, with its weekly homeless outreach and its ongoing efforts to cloth and feed the world – one Austin corner at a time – represents a whole sleigh full of selfless Santas.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
9301 Hog Eye, 512/328-7299
www.mlf.org
