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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:49 AM Mar 2022

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Jose Andres Retweeted: World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen:

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Jose Andres Retweeted: World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen: (Original Post) BeckyDem Mar 2022 OP

I just wanna cry when I see how many people want to do the kind and decent thing Walleye Mar 2022 #1

Yes, it gives me hope for our kids. Maybe we can overcome the odds BeckyDem Mar 2022 #3

I always have hope for the next generation. I believe in evolution Walleye Mar 2022 #5

Have you seen the gqp and reichwingers lately? niyad Mar 2022 #7

Well of course hope doesn't depend on facts most the time. Walleye Mar 2022 #9

One must indeed have hope, but there are days when I truly despair. niyad Mar 2022 #10

I completely understand. I've become very familiar with the depths of despair lately Walleye Mar 2022 #11

Blessings to WCK, and all who are trying to help in this horror. niyad Mar 2022 #2

+1. BeckyDem Mar 2022 #4

Andres is a gem.. All the money donated to WCK goes to feeding people. He pays the mitch96 Mar 2022 #12

Yes! Actions like theirs give hope as well as help. nt crickets Mar 2022 #16

Imagine if cilla4progress Mar 2022 #6

Oh I know. I imagine he began doing this because he knows so many BeckyDem Mar 2022 #8

WCK is the first charity I go to for things like this... bahboo Mar 2022 #13

I love that one too. BeckyDem Mar 2022 #14

Jose Andres is an incredible human awesomerwb1 Mar 2022 #15

Walleye

(44,055 posts)

1. I just wanna cry when I see how many people want to do the kind and decent thing

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:51 AM

Mar 2022

And all that is being thwarted by international gangsters

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BeckyDem

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3. Yes, it gives me hope for our kids. Maybe we can overcome the odds

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:53 AM

Mar 2022

against us.

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Walleye

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5. I always have hope for the next generation. I believe in evolution

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:54 AM

Mar 2022

And I always tell myself that the next generation is always slightly more evolved than the last

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niyad

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7. Have you seen the gqp and reichwingers lately?

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:01 AM

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Walleye

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9. Well of course hope doesn't depend on facts most the time.

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:04 AM

Mar 2022

It just springs eternal in the human breast.But they can’t depend on us old people to protect their future.

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niyad

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10. One must indeed have hope, but there are days when I truly despair.

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:16 AM

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Walleye

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11. I completely understand. I've become very familiar with the depths of despair lately

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:17 AM

Mar 2022

Sometimes hard to hold onto your own identity in this mess

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niyad

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2. Blessings to WCK, and all who are trying to help in this horror.

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:52 AM

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BeckyDem

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4. +1.

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:54 AM

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mitch96

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12. Andres is a gem.. All the money donated to WCK goes to feeding people. He pays the

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:57 AM

Mar 2022

administration fees himself. NOT a scam like some "charities".
Doctors with out Borders is close with 90% to the people they serve with 10% going to admin fees. Feed'em and Fix'em...
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https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/273521132
https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/133433452

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crickets

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16. Yes! Actions like theirs give hope as well as help. nt

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:23 PM

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cilla4progress

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6. Imagine if

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 09:58 AM

Mar 2022

He wasn't there!

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BeckyDem

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8. Oh I know. I imagine he began doing this because he knows so many

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:02 AM

Mar 2022

people in desperate need would otherwise be ignored.

The guy is fiercely driven to do good.

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bahboo

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13. WCK is the first charity I go to for things like this...

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Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:44 AM

Mar 2022

then Doctors Without Borders...

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BeckyDem

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14. I love that one too.

Reply to bahboo (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:46 AM

Mar 2022

Amazing work under extreme conditions.

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awesomerwb1

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15. Jose Andres is an incredible human

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:54 AM

Mar 2022

Amazing work. Can't wait to see a documentary on him.

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