He is known as one of the best Belizean bakers in Belize City but what
you may not know about seventy seven year old Zebedee Pitterson, the owner of
Sunny Side Bakery on Racecourse Street, is that for thirteen years he has been
quietly serving the less fortunate especially primary school children who go
hungry during the day because they cannot afford to buy lunch. Today we caught
up with Pitterson at one twenty East Collet Canal where he has been providing
the free food from inside the Feed My Sheep Kitchen. Pitterson says he feeds
about ninety children a week and ten seniors.
Zebedee Pitterson, Sunny & Tan Bakery
“I guess that when I was young, I does work hard and thing like that
and I always had the mind to treat poor people good and that is what makes me
do it. And I am a Christian and if you are a Christian you share what you have.
I will you something, most of those men hustle and have money and when they
are dead, ask them how much they could take with them. Instead of leaving a
good name, because a good name is the best thing a person can leave in life,
the Bible tells you so – a good name is very good. What will you do with
the money? Take the money and you share it with the people who need, who are
hungry and need it.
Plenty people are hungry and you have so much and don’t share? I
am sorry. When school is over sometimes you see children around the school and
they don’t have nothing to eat and so the teacher give the tickets to
each of them, the poorest ones in the classes.”
Jacqueline Godwin,
You only do this three times per week?
Zebedee Pitterson,
“I can’t afford more. Three times a week is maybe $1200 a month
out of my own pocket. So I can’t afford more than that because at least
sometimes it is $200 each time or sometimes $250 when I have to buy gas and
play electrical bill and pay water bill.”
Jacqueline Godwin,
And you prepare and cook the meals yourself?
Zebedee Pitterson,
“That’s right. I prepare and cook it my own self.”
Four primary schools are involved in the feeding programme.
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