Jane Dunn, 65, has been feeding her unhoused neighbors since she moved to Reno over 30 years ago. She started by taking leftover food to people sitting across the street from her house, but now she and the Reno Posse serve 100 meals every week to those in need.
The Reno Posse, started by Dunn over five years ago, started in her home kitchen, but has moved several times until finding its most recent home in the kitchen of the Reno Buddhist Center. Dinners that include an entree, sides, a home cooked dessert, snacks, juice and water are cooked, packed and sent out to be served downtown.
“Very often you miss the mark and you ask someone if they are hungry or if they want something to eat and they’re totally taken aback by that because they’ve never been in that situation,” Dunn said. “But they’re never offended. That’s the nice thing about this work. You don’t have to ask people if they’re homeless, you just have to ask them if they’re hungry.”
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