By Mickey Friedman January 1, 2020 Not your fingers. Or the ginger cookie. Or the center getting the ball to the quarterback. But the program that helps people get enough food to survive. SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The…
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Mel
Mickey Friedman July 19, 2019 The last few years it was touch and go. And I wondered which would come first, whether Mel Greenberg would succumb to cancer or Mel and I would die while he was driving us to…
Secure The Food Insecure
By Mickey Friedman November 29, 2018 I’ve been lucky enough to know some extraordinary people. People who have provided so much to so many: Linda Small, who brought affordable health care to our families; Frank Tortoriello, who created a home…
The Right Thing
By Mickey Friedman January 12, 2018 We’re beginning to hear yet another version of The Blame The Victim Song that seems to comfort so many who have pledged to dismantle the few programs that still provide care and offer some…
Some Lettuce and Tomato
November 8, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Mel was hoping he’d score some lettuce and tomato. And thanks to Guido’s, Mel and friends offered 108 people salad with the chicken dinner Ski Butternut donated. I joined Mel Greenberg and Jürek Zamoyski…