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BeckyDem

(8,361 posts) Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:49 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

(31,008 posts)

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

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:51 AM

Mar 2022

And all that is being thwarted by international gangsters

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

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

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:53 AM

Mar 2022

against us.

Walleye

(31,008 posts)

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

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:54 AM

Mar 2022

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

niyad

(113,246 posts)

7. Have you seen the gqp and reichwingers lately?

Reply to Walleye (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:01 AM

Mar 2022

Walleye

(31,008 posts)

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

Reply to niyad (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:04 AM

Mar 2022

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

niyad

(113,246 posts)

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

Reply to Walleye (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:16 AM

Mar 2022

Walleye

(31,008 posts)

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

Reply to niyad (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:17 AM

Mar 2022

Sometimes hard to hold onto your own identity in this mess

niyad

(113,246 posts)

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

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:52 AM

Mar 2022

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

4. +1.

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:54 AM

Mar 2022

mitch96

(13,890 posts)

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, 11:57 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

crickets

(25,960 posts)

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

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 01:23 PM

Mar 2022

cilla4progress

(24,725 posts)

6. Imagine if

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 10:58 AM

Mar 2022

He wasn't there!

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

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

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 11:02 AM

Mar 2022

people in desperate need would otherwise be ignored.

The guy is fiercely driven to do good.

bahboo

(16,336 posts)

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

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:44 PM

Mar 2022

then Doctors Without Borders...

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)

14. I love that one too.

Reply to bahboo (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:46 PM

Mar 2022

Amazing work under extreme conditions.

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)

15. Jose Andres is an incredible human

Reply to BeckyDem (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 12:54 PM

Mar 2022

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

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