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Roy Bean sees the stares as he walks along the streets of Lexington with his dog, Baby Girl. He knows people are often trying to size him up, wondering if he is going to ask for money, wondering if he is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or if he could be violent. He knows some people are frightened. Others filled with dread at the sight of him. Some are indifferent.
What he wants those who stare to know is that he is not a threat and he s not drunk. He s human, and as a natural-born conversationalist, he would love to chat. Just say Hello. Even if you don t talk to him, Bean will likely call out to you, Have a blessed day.
Boxed meals will be handed out via a drive-thru at Coggins Memorial Baptist Church
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The type of food served during the annual Love Token free community meal will be different this year. How it is served will change. Even when it is served will not be the usual.
Still, Teri Clawson, one of the annual event organizers is grateful to be able to get the event back in play after having to cancel the annual meal in December 2020 when she became sick with COVID-19. No matter what is served, how it is served or when, the mission of helping feed those in need and bringing the community together is what it s all about, she said.
Teri Clawson created the nonprofit Love Token to feed the homeless
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Traveling the roads in Davidson County, Teri Clawson is always staring out the window into wooded areas looking for moving shadows of humans or the outline of a tent. Especially if I am a passenger in a car, I am staring out the window wondering if I see a tent just through the trees, or was that a person walking, said the Welcome community resident. I wonder if other people do that. I can t help it. It s what I do.
Clawson is the founder of Love Token, a Davidson County charity dedicated to helping the homeless, particularly those who cannot or will not go to Davidson County First Hope Ministry homeless shelters in Lexington, formerly called Crisis Ministry.