Chef
José Andrés, who was awarded a National Humanities Medal in 2016, has now been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his on-the-ground work feeding residents and first responders in the wake of natural disasters. The
Washington Post reported that Rep. John Delaney of Maryland nominated the Washington, D.C.-based Andrés, who with his
World Central Kitchen nonprofit has served hundreds of thousands of hot meals to those in need. He spent several months in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and this year set up shop in the Florida Panhandle following Hurricane Michael and in northern California after the Camp Fire. As
he told G&G recently, “It’s not like we do it to get attention. You share with people, and other people join you. In the end, everybody provides what they can.” The Nobel winners will be announced next October.
Of course you don’t have to be a celebrity chef to make the world a little better place. These everyday Southerners are helping others in their own way, one lunch or pair of socks at a time:
>> At a restaurant called Drexell and Honeybee’s in Brewton, Alabama, there are no menus and no prices. There is a donation box, and customers can put into it whatever they can afford. This is one way
Lisa Thomas-McMillan is combating hunger in her small hometown, just north of the Florida line. Since Thomas-McMillan and her husband opened the restaurant in March, they’ve served 15,000 meals—including ribs, chicken pot pie, beef stew, and all manner of vegetables. The restaurant is open for lunch Tuesday through Friday, and customers pay as they see fit. “I made up my mind I was going to make a difference,” Thomas-McMillan says. “The best thing you can do in the world is make a difference.”
Read more at al.com.
>>When 6-year-old
Carolina Hinson noticed that homeless residents in her city of Virginia Beach didn’t have socks, she went into action. “I didn’t want people to not have anything,” she says. Carolina asked for sock donations on Facebook, with a goal of getting 200 pairs. In just a few weeks, she collected more than 1,000, from all over the world. She distributed them on Thanksgiving. “I’m excited that they finally get something,” Carolina says.
Read more at wtkr.com.