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A Sunday Supper with Daniel Boulud
Sun, 03/25/2012 - 5:30pm

For the past fourteen years, Chef Daniel Boulud has celebrated every major event in the life of his restaurants with a benefit for Citymeals-on-Wheels. This tradition has become an annual spring celebration, with Daniel personally hosting an intimate Sunday gathering heralded as the gourmand event of the season.

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Citymeals celebrates 30 years of helping the elderly

Citymeals is proud to mark its's 30 year anniversay this year. It was on Christmas Day in 1981 that Citymeals first brought warm smiles and meals to frail New Yorkers.

It began when restaurant critic Gael Greene found out the city's meal program left many homebound elederly alone and hungry on weekends and holidays.She called her friend, chef and author James Beard, and together they rallied the restaurant world and their friends to raise$35,000 that weekend -  enough to deliver 6,000 meals on Christmas.

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NY Giant Deon Grant packs meals at Citymeals warehouse

Veteran safety for the NY Giants Deon Grant gave back to his community at a Citymeals warehouse on Sunday, Dec. 19th. He joined Executive Director Beth Shapiro in packing meal boxes full of shelf stable foods to help the homebound elderly through the winter.

Here is a great shot of the boxes being packed by these two devoted volunteers:

 

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Mayor Bloomberg and Kathleen Turner Help Citymeals Prepare Thanksgiving Meals

Mayor Bloomberg and actress Kathleen Turner took time out of their busy schedules to help prepare Thanksgiving meals at the Peter Cardella Senior Center in Ridgewood Queens. Two hundred seniors were served the warm holiday meals which included turkey with stuffing, butternut squash soup, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie.

"New York City has the strongest and most generous social safety net in the country, and for three decades now Citymeals-on-Wheels has been an integral part of that," the mayor said.

 

Read more at the Queens Courier:

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