In 1985, a hospice volunteer named Ganga Stone paid a visit to an AIDS patient that changed her life. The patient, Richard Sayles, was too ill to cook for himself. Ganga's compassion took hold, a meal was prepared and delivered on the next visit, and an epiphany was born: Something as basic as delivering a meal could bring dignity and recognition to a desperate situation.
Ganga's experience then drove her to a second epiphany. The severity of Richard's situation demanded something more than simply delivering food. It required preparing nutritionally-tailored meals that would support an individual's specific medical treatment. She researched his needs and was on her way again, with a new meal in hand, when she was stopped by a minister in the neighborhood who recognized her. He asked what she was doing, she told him, and he replied, "you're not just delivering food ... you're delivering God's love." And Ganga said, "That's the name." And God's Love We Deliver was born.
The mission of God's Love We Deliver is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. They prepare and deliver nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. They also provide illness-specific nutrition education and counseling to their clients, families, care providers and other service organizations. All of their services are provided free of charge without regard to income.
The God's Love We Deliver story has always been one of caring and compassion, from the day one woman delivered a single meal to a man dying from AIDS to today, when a cast of literally thousands of people work in concert with each other to prepare and deliver meals to our clients living will all types of life altering diseases. While our community has grown considerably over the years, one thing has always remained the same, and that is our belief that no person should ever suffer the dual crisis of hunger and serious illness. Together, we do great things!
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Source: http://www.glwd.org/
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