Showing posts with label Freddie McMillan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freddie McMillan. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Checkout How This Alabama Restaurant Allows Customers to Pay What They Can

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FREDDIE AND LISA THOMAS-MCMILLAN LAUNCHES BLACK-OWNED RESTAURANT IN ALABAMA THAT ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO PAY WHAT THEY CAN

Brewton, AL  -- Lisa Thomas-McMillan and her husband, Freddie, have just opened a new type of restaurant in Escambia County, that feeds people whether they have any money or not. It was 1995 and Lisa was a cashier at a local Walmart. One of her customers had no money to buy the groceries she needed. After speaking with the lady for a few minutes, she realized there were many others who were in the same boat.

Right then, Lisa began a ministry that would eventually become the Drexel & Honeybee's Restaurant. The couple went on to feed thousands of hungry people over the years from veterans to college students.


"People ask us all the time, 'Why do you do it?'" Lisa says. "I can honestly say, it's because God led us here."


The couple visited the local campus of Jefferson Davis Community College. There Lisa noticed two students gathering up change to buy food from vending machines.

That's when she realized that there were probably lots of hungry college students on campus. It wasn't long till they were serving delicious Sunday-style meals for students. All they asked in return? Donations from those who could give.