Nice to have you here. Thank you for having us. Tell us about the inception of citymeals first, back in 1981. What was the founding concept behind it . Gael greene, a restaurant critic, read an article in the New York Times about what wanted to know what the city was doing for homebound elderly on thanksgiving and realized that they werent doing anything for that weekend. And so she rallied her friends and along with james beard, former restaurateur. And they raised 35,000 to feed 6,000 homebound seniors on christmas day. Wow. And that was back in 1981. Thats in 1981. And since then, it has grown to what it is today. Its grown to what it is today, yeah. And this is something thats not just in new york city, right . There are mirror programs like this all over the country. There are mirror programs all actually started in england during world war ii. We citymeals on wheels cover the five boroughs of new york. And now, ms. Kramer, youre a volunteer, as well. So tell us about what made yo
Of nourishing meals and companionship to more than 18,000 of new york citys homebound elderly folks. Joining us in the studio from citymeals on wheels are vivienne oneill, the director of volunteer programs, and louise kramer, a citymeals volunteer. Nice to have you here. Thank you for having us. Tell us about the inception of citymeals first, back in 1981. What was the founding concept behind it . Gael greene, a restaurant critic, read an article in the New York Times about what wanted to know what the city was doing for homebound elderly on thanksgiving and realized that they werent doing anything for that weekend. And so she rallied her friends and along with james beard, former restaurateur. And they raised 35,000 to feed 6,000 homebound seniors on christmas day. Wow. And that was back in 1981. And since then, it has grown its grown and this is something thats not just in new york city, right . There are mirror programs like this all over the country. There are mirror programs all