Brno Now » The Salvation Army http://brnonow.com Life in the most vibrant Czech town Tue, 22 May 2012 16:46:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Clever idea: unsold “menu du jour” given to homeless people http://brnonow.com/2010/02/unsold-food-given-to-homeless-people/ http://brnonow.com/2010/02/unsold-food-given-to-homeless-people/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:00:26 +0000 Michal Kašpárek http://brnonow.com/?p=3199

Bums eating warm dinner (source: brno.cz)

Bums eating warm dinner (source: brno.cz)

Six restaurants joined a project launched by businessman Richard Hošek and the town council. Unsold meals prepared as “menu du jour” are given to homeless people at the corp of The Salvation Army at Mlýnská st.

According to the town’s official website, there are 1,500 homeless people living in Brno. That’s quite high number, compared to the total population of 370,000.

Source: brno.cz

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