As Nasty as I Wanna Be

Today I woke up at 4:00AM, drove to the office, picked up a company car and two other guys driving some of our delivery trucks. We drove to a location by 5:45AM to start our largest annual food drive (apprx 150,000 pounds in 5 days). It is sponsored by a hard rock station with a less than desirable morning show format and the first conversation went like this:
"Hi, Kyle P., Denver Rescue Mission."
"Hi Kyle, glad to meet you. Nasty."
I met the on air personality "Uncle Nasty" first thing out of my car. Now, he curses more than my dad in a bad mood, but he really is a nice guy. There is a story that goes behind how we became affiliated with this group, which I will go into on another post, but the highlights of the day for me and the Mission are:
Dave and Busters is our remote loction for the week and they fed us breafast lunch and dinner and all the beverages we could drink. The line went "You guys feed thousands of people a week, we can cover 4 of you for lunch."
The manager also gave me $50 worth of video game cards for Cade and Heath after he heard about Dave and Busters being their reward for their behavior and hard work and accomplishments in school this semester.
Two people donated today probably beyond their means because the Mission has helped them get off the streets. Mark 12:43 anyone?
A 25 year old kid gave us his change jar that he was going to take to Vegas next month.
Another 25 year old kid handed us $500 in cash and smiled and quietly disappeared...
The best story was our waitress at Dave and Busters. When she saw that our bill was taken care of by management and we were from the Mission, she started to cry. Apparently we helped her two years ago when she was homeless. We found her a house for which the landlord reduced the rent dramatically, and then we furnished it for her. She was able to get off the streets and get a job she was proud of and you would never know it looking at her. It was one of those "Sometimes this stuff pays off" kind of moments for all of us at the table. She still lives in that house and says "my furniture is so beautiful, thank you."
No one at D and B knew her story, and she just happened to be our waitress. Crazy, huh? We are gonna give her a big thrill and put her on the radio tomorrow.