"It was the people, the people on the island because there's only... I think at the time when I first started here, I think somebody told me there's maybe 3,000 people living here. I'd go every Tuesday to the pantry. We'd get there at noon because we'd have to set up. The food truck would come in, and then set up, and then wait until 3 o'clock, and then start.

At first, I was quiet like I always am [laughs]. The people would come in. I started looking at everybody. I made some real good friends here. I would go, "People, you don't talk. This is your community. You guys at least once a week come down here, and you're all together but you're not all together." So I just told them one day, "We can't have this. Y'all look like you're more miserable than I am, because I didn't know anybody. I said, "You don't know it yet, but we're all going to get together, and we're going to get to know one another. If you don't, your life's going to be hell until you start cooperating with my game plan that I visualized."

Everything started getting together. Then they started communicating to where they'd say hi to each other, they'd greet. Then it was like everybody started waiting for Tuesday to come. It was like a little social club that was the food pantry gang. It just continued, so that's why I've been there for going on six years, seven years. I love it."