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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Thankgiving ... A Day To Be Thankful For Indeed.

* Soup Kitchen ''The Bowery" Circa 1929When I was growing up, I remember my grandfather as he reached his 65Th birthday, he was about to receive social security checks , I can't help but recall that he was ecstatic '' free money from the government he said I don't have to work anymore, I was about 8 years old at the time this was around 1957. people would Ask me ,Donald what do you want to be when you grow up , I replied ''65''.Another thing that seemed to peek my interest was the homeless( they weren't called that then they were called bums) eating at the Bowery getting Free meal and it was always broadcast on thanksgiving night on T.V. I always wanted to go to Bowery on Thanksgiving day , were my family broke or indigent , no but even then I wanted the T.V. publicity.

On Passover every Jewish person at a Seder (ritual Holiday meal)recites the words . next year in Jerusalem . every Thanks giving I always say next year the Bowery.

A few years ago I volunteered at the interfaith nutrition network soup kitchen . I told Tony Childs president of the INN at a taping for the Bens Matzah Ball Contest back in 2000 that whether I win or lose that I will be down at the soup kitchen volunteering . I didn't do it for any sort of publicity , I never mentioned it to the owner at Bens or the publicity dept . Sometimes you got to give back and be thankful for what you got ..end

posted by Don "Moses" Lerman # 2:41 PM

Comments:

Don Lerman that is a wonderful story. I can picture you as an 8yr old looking almost identical to your nephew. Your grandfather must have patted you on the head and said . "donald you are good little boy and you will grow up to be a mench". If only he saw you now

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Anonymous : 4:02 PM

Thats vey funny , your best yet!

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