The Gospel According Woodstock - You Did It Unto Me

"A girl helps herself to a free food ration in the camp area at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, New York, on Aug. 15, 1969." Photo Credit: AP

During Woodstock 1969 there was a serious problem with food shortages. Food vendors and concert organizers greatly under estimated the vast numbers of people that would show up.

Faith groups and local towns people mobilized an emergency response effort to help feed nearly half a million hungry concert goers. A Jewish Community Center worked together with Catholic nuns and volunteers from Methodist and Presbyterian churches to make hundreds of sandwiches.

"Thirty thousand sandwiches were prepared in Monticello by the Women’s Group of the Jewish Community Center (dirty hippies are one thing, but hungry children are another) and they were distributed by Sisters of the Convent of St. Thomas.” - Jan Hodenfield, Rolling Stone Magazine, September 20, 1969

Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm stepped up to serve free meals of brown rice with veggies - also the crowd was introduced to granola!

“Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.” ~Jesus (Matthew 25:40)

Peace, Love and Light
Kevin (Cloud)

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