Making a difference
Photo credit: Handout | Volunteer Bethany Thomas holds the Rock and Wrap It Up! Humanitarian Award that founder Syd Mandelbaum presented to the NY Yankees at Yankee Stadium in 2012. The organization annually gives an award for the efforts of its partners, in this case, the Yankees who have donated food for years after every single event at the Stadium which then goes to serve those in need. (April 2012)
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For Bethany Thomas, volunteering to help the needy is a family tradition that spans four generations.
She recalled that her grandmother would bake bread and brown-bag sandwiches every morning for the homeless who congregated near her home. "And my father is a minister who taught me to give back to the less fortunate in any way I could, as he does," said Thomas, 38, who, in addition to serving...
