Outside, cars with plates from Georgia, Wisconsin and Indiana – diners who’ve stopped off a nearby highway to show support for the Haitian community – fill the parking lot.
“I just stayed a little bit to help them, and then the next day I came because they are family.”.
And the outpouring of support aimed at countering Trump’s damaging comments hasn’t been limited to volunteering.
She says the money is then transferred to gift cards to be used by those in need at a local international grocery store.
Despite that, at a rally in New York on Wednesday, Trump said he’d travel to Springfield in the coming weeks.
Her husband, Jacob, who’s from Port-au-Prince but lived in Florida for decades before coming to Springfield, thanks diners for coming in as they leave.
“I’ll come back again tomorrow,” says Fanfan, “and if I see they need help, I’ll stay. »