Acts of Kindness
| This Nonprofit Delivers Meals to Asian American Elders in Under-Resourced Communities | |
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| Heart of Dinner serves love on a plate. The nonprofit, which works to combat food insecurity and isolation, delivers meals to older Asian Americans in under-resourced communities in New York City. Initially formed as a supper club in 2015, the organization evolved into the current model when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.“For me, Heart of Dinner is symbolic of hope because it was born out of despair,” Yin Chang, who co-founded the heartfelt food delivery service with Moonlynn Tsai, told Glamour in 2021. “It was born out of a very dark time, from very, very dark news, of dealing with racism, and what it’s like when it’s targeted toward you and people who look like your grandparents.”Today, it serves more than 600 older adults each week, distributing over 100,000 meals with handwritten notes of love attached. “If there is an elder listening right now, I would just thank them for all of their sacrifices. Everything that they’ve done to come here and pave a new start, a new chapter in their lives, gave us something to stand on,” said Chang.If you’d like to get involved in Heart of Dinner this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, you can learn more about donating, delivering meals, or writing notes below. | |
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