WALKATHON HOTDOGS
The Knights of Columbus at my parish, Council #5699, which I recently joined, did a good work this morning by giving out free hotdogs to people gathered at a walkathon event held to raise funds for sending a youth mission to Jamaica and also to provide some funds for the next World Youth Day to be held in Spain in 2011. I heard some of the long time Knights saying that today’s hotdogs, secured from a new (to us) purveyor tasted better than the ones which we had been getting previously and did, in fact, cost a little less, and can be delivered to us saving the necessity of going to pick them up. The walkers especially, some of whom seemed rather worn out, welcomed the savory sandwiches. A few people, somewhat abashedly, came back for a second ‘dog, which we gladly gave although the guideline called for one per person. A few people asked for hotdogs without a bun, for dietary reasons I imagine. One family asked for hamburgers and would not settle for hotdogs, walking away determinedly. We set out a variety of condiments (which one wag dubbed ‘contaminants’) and, to my surprise, the sweet relish disappeared first. The makeup of the crowd was skewed toward young folks and so the chopped onions, whick kids usually don’t much like, were less popular.
