Mercy Chefs
From the Desk of Gary LeBlanc, founder of Mercy Chefs
Dear Mercy Chefs,
As you know the need in the New York region following Superstorm Sandy is still tremendous. We already served over 50,000 meals there. But months ago, following our Hurricane Isaac relief work, I promised the people of LaPlace, LA, that Mercy Chefs would return there over Thanksgiving and provide 5,000 victims, who are still rebuilding their lives, a hearty Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. It is our tradition to return at Thanksgiving to an area we served during the course of the year. I had to honor that promise to LaPlace.
I never anticipated that two of our Mercy Chefs mobile kitchens would be put into service this late in the season - and for an extended period of time. That left me with an extremely difficult decision. Serve Thanksgiving meals to the victims in New York - or New Orleans? Could we possibly do both? That question haunted me. The answer came when Mayor Andrew Hardwick of Freeport, NY called and asked me to work with the city's churches to feed those victims still housed in Freeport's emergency shelters. Many of them haven't had a good hot meal since Sandy struck.
I never anticipated that two of our Mercy Chefs mobile kitchens would be put into service this late in the season - and for an extended period of time. That left me with an extremely difficult decision. Serve Thanksgiving meals to the victims in New York - or New Orleans? Could we possibly do both? That question haunted me. The answer came when Mayor Andrew Hardwick of Freeport, NY called and asked me to work with the city's churches to feed those victims still housed in Freeport's emergency shelters. Many of them haven't had a good hot meal since Sandy struck.
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