Last night I had an amazing experience. I spent a couple of hours driving around in a van with
Juan de la Cruz, the Program Director of the
Grand Central Food Program for the
Coalition for the Homeless, handing out meals. My good friend,
Bettina Prentice, got me involved and the night was eye-opening, gratifying and extraordinary. You not only give out food (last night: milk cartons, oranges, bagels, meatball soup) at stops around New York to people who depend on it (for some it's their only meal of the day) but you get to meet the people that many New Yorkers ignore on a daily basis. And the meals (including the cost of the van) cost $1.80 each! That blew my mind. I am going to do feeding van trips once a week and more if I can. Please check out the Coalition for the Homeless
website to learn how you can volunteer and donate much-needed funds. I hope to see everyone at the
Artwalk benefit (hosted by Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere and Carey Lowell) on November 17th which benefits the Coalition for the Homeless. Help is needed more than ever. The number of homeless children and adults residing in municipal shelters each night just exceeded 39,000 for the first time in 25 years.
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