LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Chef Abdul Jaad of Abdul's 5 Star Catering started the idea to give back to the community in the summer, when he wanted to do a movie night, but unfortunately couldn’t raise enough money to do it. So, he and his wife came up with he idea of doing a free meal for people who needed something on the holiday. Fresh N Faded let them use their space, and 419 Drywall Repair helped with the water to pass out with the meal. Jaad felt it was important to offer this meal to others, because what happened in his life.
“It hasn’t been that many years ago when my kids and I, I was a single dad, we were really struggling and we found our way to the soup kitchen a few times and needed some help from some different organizations to make it through,” says Abdul Jaad, Chef gave out dinners on Christmas. “So, any way that I can kind of give back now that I have been able to make it to a different place in life. Any way that we can give back to try and help someone else that is going through the same thing.”
Jaad says he would like to make the meal giveaway an annual event and hopefully will be able to grow it in the future.
