God's Love We Deliver facts for kids
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| Founded | 1985 |
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| Founder | Ganga Stone |
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God's Love We Deliver (GLWD) is an American charitable organization founded in 1985 based in New York City. Despite its name, the organization is secular.
God's Love We Deliver prepares and delivers meals to ill New York residents and serves over 10,000 clients per year. As of 2021, GLWD had delivered 26 million meals in New York City, over the course of 35 years. The organization raises funds for its operations through a variety of means, including celebrity endorsed fundraisers and benefits.
History
The organization stems from a visit made by Ganga Stone, a hospice worker, to an AIDS patient in 1985. The recognition of the difficulty that the sick had in obtaining and preparing food led to her co-founding GLWD with her roommate Jane Best. In the early days of the organization, Best and Stone delivered a few meals per day by bicycle. By 1993, GLWD was serving two meals a day to 550 clients.
