Today has been incredible!
There were two beautiful stories on the Year of Giving today. One by Rebecca Sheir of NPR and the other by Susan Kinzie of the Washington Post. Please check out their respective links…they are amazing! Their terrific reporting has driven more people to the Year of Giving website today than all the other days combined! 20,000+ hits
I have been inundated with emails, comments, requests to follow me on twitter and requests to be a fan of the Facebook Page. People have written to me telling me that the Year of Giving project brought them to tears! I am speechless and so appreciative of the support that I have received from so many of you!
I shot a little video of me tonight. Keep in mind that in the last 48 hours I have driven over 500 miles, attended my cousin’s funeral, slept in two different Comfort Inns, and tried to respond to over 350 messages and comments that I have received. If I seem a little out of it…it’s the lack of sleep 😉
Earlier this week I met Carlos at the Eastern Market. Carlos is the person I gave money to on one of the days that Susan Kinzie tagged along with me. He has been working at the family run butcher shop for 18 years…since he was 10! He used to cook samples for hungry patrons when he was a kid.
Carlos at Canales Quality Meats, Eastern Market (Photo: Reed)
Carlos is very knowledgeable about the meats that they have…showing me the pork from Pennsylvania and Virginia and the beef from various parts of the US and Canada. “You want to look for good marbling in the meat…like little ‘lightening bolts’” he tells me. Filet mignon is his favorite!
Rather than me write more about Carlos…go read Susan’s wonderful article! It’s apparently the most read article from Friday’s edition! Amazing.
By the way…I got an email from Carlos today telling me that he gave his $10 to his wife, Gale. “She just found out that she will most likely be laid off this July 3rd because of Montgomery County budget cut backs. It made her feel nice. Thank you.”
Carlos with his father, Emilio (Photo: Reed)
Go say hello to Carlos and his father Emilio at Canales Quality Meats at Eastern Market!
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