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Every couple of weeks, El Taylor makes dozens of peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches then heads out and gives them to the homeless. Photo by Elian Richter<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Everyone Deserves to Be Fed”<\/h4>\n

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Even in the summer, El Taylor feels like Santa Claus.<\/p>\n

Every other week or so, she makes about 100 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and then hits the street, handing them out to the homeless.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times, the majority of people I see are asleep, so it\u2019s kind of like a Santa Claus mission and I\u2019ll just leave stuff,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

A senior in communications with a minor in anthropology, Taylor\u2019s energy level is near nuclear. She talks quickly and often eloquently, a wide-open book of emotions and can-do spirit. Helping to feed the homeless\u2014which is piled on top of her job at Puckett\u2019s restaurant and her work as a freelance wedding coordinator\u2014is her way of building a community, of taking care of the \u201cweak links.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone of us is a little seed in the community, and we all need to be fed and nourished and watered and taken care of,\u201d she says. \u201cEveryone, top to bottom. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money you have; it doesn\u2019t matter how little money you have. It doesn\u2019t matter what color you are, who you like to kiss, what you like to eat. Everyone should be taken care of.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe least that I can do is make a sandwich for somebody,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Her sandwich excursions were documented recently in a story from the Rising Rock course, which teaches real-world journalism to students. In the video component of the piece, she says, \u201cEverybody likes the person who puts a plate of food down in front of them, so you can\u2019t not like what you do when people are smiling at you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEl is an amazing storyteller who is very passionate about her work and it shows in the story about food,\u201d says Billy Weeks, instructor in Rising Rock and a longtime newspaper photographer. \u201cAlong with her team, El has played an important role of leadership and reporting. For example, this past week she drove a couple of hours to report on a Native American dance story which will be published in a couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor takes her sandwiches onto the streets after she gets home from working at the restaurant. Using four loaves of bread, it takes her about an hour to make the sandwiches and she finishes around 10 p.m. or so. Then, for the next four or so hours, she heads out on her own to hand them out. Miller Park. The Community Kitchen. Behind the Pickle Barrel restaurant. Along M.L. King Boulevard. She always finds plenty of hungry people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always have food in our pantry, so that\u2019s something that you don\u2019t consciously think about, that there\u2019s someone who doesn\u2019t have food.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, some of those she meets are drugged-up or drunk, but she\u2019s also met many who are just down on their luck. Way down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met people who were teachers at one point and got a DUI and they lost their job, which led to them losing their home, which led them to living on the streets. They spiral all the way down and can\u2019t get help and they\u2019re just stuck. People sometimes seem like beaten-down animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hurts the worst when I see people with a kid. That\u2019s the most disheartening thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out on the streets, she carries a knife and pepper spray, so walking alone at night doesn\u2019t make her too nervous. And truth be told, it can be less scary than handing out sandwiches in the daytime, she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the day, it can get really intense, really fast. There are more people awake, so if there\u2019s 10 people in front of me and two people don\u2019t get sandwiches, those people are going to be really upset with me, and potentially there can be a fight break out.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s seen a couple.<\/p>\n

With the weather turning colder, Taylor says she plans to switch from sandwiches to blankets and gloves, which she did last year. It\u2019s a decision that\u2019s almost genetic .<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandmother always used to have two or three blankets in the back of her car, so when you\u2019re coming off the interstate and there\u2019s somebody standing there for whatever, she\u2019d just throw a blanket at them. That\u2019s always stuck with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll pick up $3 blankets, cheap gloves or socks at stores like Dollar Tree, she says. \u201cWhatever you can get for warmth.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of her ultimate goals\u2014she has a few\u2014is to open her own restaurant, not only to serve people who come in and can pay, but those who can\u2019t afford to come in but are still hungry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019m going to lose so much money because of all the food I\u2019m going to be giving away,\u201d she laughs.<\/p>\n

All photos by Elian Richter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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