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For Derek King and many like him, Mary’s Kitchen is a sanctuary. King, who has been homeless for nearly a decade, found Mary’s Kitchen in Orange when he had reached his limit. Physically and spiritually malnourished, he was ready to give up. Mary’s Kitchen provided him with food, a shower and clothing. It helped restore something that many homeless people have had to relinquish: Dignity. He found meaning again, in the relationships he made and the spirituality fostered by the nonprofit’s leadership. “There’s times when the fear of living for nothing will strangle you,” King said.
For Derek King and many like him, Mary’s Kitchen is a sanctuary. King, who has been homeless for nearly a decade, found Mary’s Kitchen in Orange at a time when he had reached his limit. Physically and spiritually malnourished, he was ready to give up. Mary’s Kitchen provided him with food, a shower and clothing. It helped restore something that many homeless people have had to relinquish while living on the street — dignity. He found meaning again, in the relationships he made and the spirituality fostered by the nonprofit’s leadership. “There’s times when the fear of living for nothing will strangle you,” King said during an interview this week at Mary’s Kitchen.