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Social Enterprise
by ehsan on February 13, 2009
Ganga Stone joined forces with Jane Best and Restaurant Claire in 1986 to help patients with HIV and other serious problems get food delivery service for free. Restaurant Claire prepared meals that Ganga and volunteers delivered to people living with HIV/AIDS in Manhattan. They started delivering about 50 meals per week, mostly by bicycle. One year later, they expanded and set up shop in West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side. By that point they delivered 50 meals per day.
Today, according to examiner, God's Love We Deliver which is based on their idea is a modern day success story in the social change world that inspires all of us to seek out and create positive change in our communities. They have an 80-person full-time staff, a French-trained culinary team, a fleet of delivery vans, and 1,800 volunteers who give 7,000 hours of service per month. On staff, there is a dietary/nutrition department and they provide nutrition counseling tailored to each individual. This entire GLWD crew cooks, laughs, and plays together, and that joy and care comes through in the taste of the food. They are saving lives, literally.
According to Christa Avampato, the writer at Examiner, the compassion and care of the organization is incredible:
One of the volunteers has an incredible story that he shares: He was wearing his GLWD jacket as he did his errands about town. Someone grabbed his elbow and spun him around. With extreme gratefulness in her eyes she said to him, "You saved my life. I would have starved to death without the food you made for me. Thank you!" Ganga and her team have accomplished and will continue to accomplish what they set out to do - they make a difference.
I thought this might be a great story of hope and a seed for new social start ups as this concept has not yet been applied everywhere...
Today, according to examiner, God's Love We Deliver which is based on their idea is a modern day success story in the social change world that inspires all of us to seek out and create positive change in our communities. They have an 80-person full-time staff, a French-trained culinary team, a fleet of delivery vans, and 1,800 volunteers who give 7,000 hours of service per month. On staff, there is a dietary/nutrition department and they provide nutrition counseling tailored to each individual. This entire GLWD crew cooks, laughs, and plays together, and that joy and care comes through in the taste of the food. They are saving lives, literally.
According to Christa Avampato, the writer at Examiner, the compassion and care of the organization is incredible:
One of the volunteers has an incredible story that he shares: He was wearing his GLWD jacket as he did his errands about town. Someone grabbed his elbow and spun him around. With extreme gratefulness in her eyes she said to him, "You saved my life. I would have starved to death without the food you made for me. Thank you!" Ganga and her team have accomplished and will continue to accomplish what they set out to do - they make a difference.
I thought this might be a great story of hope and a seed for new social start ups as this concept has not yet been applied everywhere...
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Response from:
Christa Avampato
(02/27/09 10:04pm)
Thank you so much for reading my article on Examiner.com and posting it here. I am so proud to be a volunteer with God's Love We Deliver and am grateful that you are helping to extend the reach of the organization with your blog. Many, many thanks!! - Christa
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