Joan Rivers Delivers 15 Millionth Meal For GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER

God's Love We Deliver marked a significant milestone in its history when the organization cooked and delivered its 15 millionth meal on Friday, May 2. God's Love was joined by many friends - old and new - including comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman and God's Love Board member Joan Rivers who helped lid and "kachunga" the 15 millionth meal. The milestone coincides with the 29th anniversary of when God's Love We Deliver's Founder, Ganga Stone, delivered a meal to Richard, a man living with AIDS, and the organization was born.

Karen Pearl said, "This is another important milestone in the history of God's Love. We have gone from delivering one meal to one man who was dying from AIDS, to cooking and delivering more than 1.2 million meals each year to thousands of people living with more than 200 different illnesses. As we continue to grow, we stay true to our core principles: we will never have a waiting list, we will never charge clients for their meals, and we will deliver a meal to a new client on the next delivery day. As being sick and hungry is an urgent crisis, we thank all of our volunteers and supporters who have had this 15 millionth meal - and every single one of our nutritious, individually tailored meals possible."

Joan Rivers said, "I'm so honored to be a part of God's Love We Deliver and I'm thrilled to know that over the past 29 years we have delivered an astonishing 15 million meals! Congratulations to all, and thank you for making this possible!"

Approximately 100 staff, volunteers and special guests gathered at God's Love's headquarters in Brooklyn to celebrate the occasion, along with former Board co-chairs Michael Sennott and Sylvia Vogelman, God's Love Board member and best-selling author Linda Fairstein, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and New York City Council Members Corey Johnson and Robert Cornegy. The group gathered in the kitchen to make the meals, counting down the last 10 as they were prepared. Joan Rivers and Karen Pearl then delivered a meal of pork medallion with orange glaze sauce, sweet potato mash, a vegetable medley and a "famous" oatmeal raisin cookie made by the organization's own, Chuck "The Baker" Piekarski.

Joan delivered the 15 millionth meal to an 84 year-old God's Love client who is living with breast cancer. The two talked, laughed and hugged, as it was a truly moving moment for them both.

God's Love We Deliver (God's Love) is the New York metropolitan area's leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, today God's Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God's Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client's severe illness and treatment so urgently require. Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of our Registered Dietitians, and all clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God's Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of its clients. All of the agency's services are provided free of charge, and in its history of more than 28 years, God's Love We Deliver has never had a waiting list. For more information, visit godslovewedeliver.org. God's Love is a non-sectarian organization. Find God's Love on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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