BY BEN VERDE
A team of Brooklynites
have raised thousands to
feed frontline workers, offering
donations to those on the
forefront of the coronavirus
pandemic — and those in the
background.
Love Conquers Cancer —
made up of Kevin Anderson,
a retired fi refi ghter from Ladder
114 in Sunset Park, and
Steven Cassatelli, an active
Department of Sanitation
worker — has raised over
$25,000 and provided over a
thousand meals for frontline
workers including hospital
cleaners, fi refi ghters, and direct
care providers in group
homes for people with developmental
disabilities.
“Everyones getting the due
respect, the frontline people,
the fi rst responders, but some
of the people are the forgotten
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Among the group homes
who received donations of
food from the do-gooders are
the Guild for Exceptional
Children in Bay Ridge and
Eden II in Staten Island. For
the staff of the Guild, who
have been working week-long
shifts since the start of the
pandemic to limit movement
in and out of their houses, the
donations are a welcome form
of help from the outside.
“The staff see that people
appreciate what they are doing,
and the fact that they
don’t have to cook an extra
meal is a welcome break,”
said Sheila Denniston, a
manager at one of the Guild’s
homes.
Across New York, group
homes like the Guild have
struggled to cope with the
coronavirus, as residents and
workers fall ill and management
scrambles to purchase
the badly needed personal
protective equipment. A decade
of budget cuts, combined
with the state not listing the
homes as priority recipients
of protective equipment has
only exacerbated those struggles.
On May 5, Love Conquers
Cancer delivered more than
150 meals to the residence
where Denniston works.
Anderson, a 28-year veteran
of the New York City
Fire Department, says he felt
the need to go out and help
Kevin Anderson and Steven Cassatelli prepare a donation for front line
workers. Love Conquers Cancer
once the pandemic started,
rather than sit at home.
“We’re sitting at home, and
I just felt helpless without being
out there,” he said. “I just
felt I had to do something.”
Anderson then coordinated
with Cassatelli, and in association
with Love Conquers
Cancer, they formed the “Feed
Them First” initiative. After
just three weeks, they’ve fed
1,500 people.
The former fi rst responder
says their donations have
been met with appreciation
everywhere they go.
“They’re unbelievably
grateful — beyond grateful,”
Anderson said. “Some people
even handed us a couple singles.”
Donations are accepted via
Venmo @loveconquers-cancer.
Bay Ridge nonprofi t
launches campaign to
feed frontline workers
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of Parks and Recreation (“NYC Parks”) to be held remotely via a WebEx dial-in on May 11, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. relative to:
INTENT TO AWARD as a concession for the operation, maintenance and management of a year-round tennis facility at the Parade
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