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April 12, 2021
The idea of helping fight food insecurity has been instilled in Leslie Gordon since she was a child.
“I was meant to be in food-banking,” she said. “My grandfather’s name was Norman Goldberg, and he used to tell us stories that sometimes when he was younger, the only thing he would have to eat in a day was an apple that he would pick from a neighboring farmer’s tree. So, he knew what it was to be hungry.”
Her grandfather grew up in Rockland, NY, and later in life was “lucky economically,” and quietly but intentionally, made sure that people had what they needed when it came to food.