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Ridwan, Food Bank For NYC Volunteer:
New Yorkers do show up for each other. I actually think that people are genuinely nice here in New York.
New Yorker
Be grateful. Be grateful.
Ridwan
Yes. She’s right. Be That’s right. She said it. I wanted to find ways to give back to the city that actually gave me everything.
And I try to find different neighborhoods and and different things that I can I can that I can partake in? And food bank provides a lot of options. A lot of it has to do with, like, my background and how my family sort of raised me and to give back. I want my kids to know that you have you know, you can give back or, know, there’s more to them than, like, what you what you see.
And just like the lady said, be being grateful to what you have and just try to give back, you know, when you can. Where I grew up in Queens, it was it was very diverse. It was all, like, where I grew up, it was very, like, first generation from everywhere, really. And it was amazing.
And I still have contact with all my friends from from like different backgrounds, Greek, Italians, Bengali, Egyptians, Indian, everywhere across the board. I remember like going into one of my friend’s house, opening up a fridge. There’s nothing in there other than the ketchup and mustard and things like that. And so I went and I told my parents.
I remember, like, they gave a key food card. I don’t know how much they they did, but to to help them with groceries. And then I remember we became close to that family. If you have that purpose, if you want to give back, if you really like if you care for the community, you’re gonna show up.
You’re gonna be there. For me, like, coming here from my house, it’s about an hour and a half. The Long Island Railroad and and the the sea train from there. And I work in the city, so I’d have to actually I took a half day today to do this.
Like, you know, you’re volunteering or you’re donating, you’re
