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Nov 24 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
I’m so grateful to the people who make up @WCKitchen… everyone who volunteers, cooks, serves, donates!🙏 I’ve been honored to spend Thanksgivings with people who after disasters show endless empathy & love for one another! Like the amazing #ChefsForPuertoRico team after Maria🇵🇷
Then the next year again I was with the @WCKitchen team and my family too… next to chefs @GuyFieri @TylerFlorence and so many more in California. Hundreds of #ChefsForCalifornia volunteers came to spend the holiday with families who lost everything in the horrible Camp Fire.
In 2019, the northern Bahamas islands were devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Three months after the storm, on Thanksgiving, @WCKitchen teams were still cooking everyday… so we set up a special meal to bring families together with music, kids crafts, dinner, dessert! 🥧
Now five years after the first WCK Thanksgiving meals we served in Puerto Rico, @WCKitchen has only grown & grown… thousands of people around the world who everyday make Longer Tables a reality, whether in Ukraine, California or anywhere in between. Thank you for all you do🙏❤️

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Sep 20
5 years ago #HurricaneMaria hit the island of Puerto Rico.. the lives of millions of people changed forever. I got on the first flight I could get & when I landed it was devastation like I've never seen before. So we @WCKitchen did the only thing we knew, started cooking... 🇵🇷 Image
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100 days ago Russia invaded the resilient country of Ukraine. 99 days ago the @WCKitchen team started cooking. With restaurants & families cooking at home, WCK is providing nearly 1 million meals a day. Today, I'm thinking of all the brave Food Fighters who are feeding Ukraine...
Within 24 hours WCK was in Medyka, which became the biggest border crossing...serving soup & hot beverages in the cold night. Before long, we were at every single crossing, providing meals to many of the 6 millon Ukranians forced to flee their country.
In a week, we reached 1 million meals. I always say @WCKitchen is the largest organization in the world...because every cook & restaurant, anyone who can stir or chop or deliver food are all part of WCK, they just don't know it yet! I'm so proud of all who have joined our effort!
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Witnessing the horrific attack a year ago…a surreal feeling to this immigrant proudly calling Washington DC my home for 30 years. My best memories are at the National Archives visiting our founding documents to be inspired by those 3 words uniting us as Americans: WE THE PEOPLE.
I felt just like so many others - paralyzed by shock and powerless to protect the basic principles of our democracy. But the act of courage from the lawmakers who returned amidst the wreckage to certify the election…it was the inspiration we needed to act too.
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Aug 4, 2020
People of America: I’m proud to announce that @WCKitchen, in partnership with thousands of restaurants & volunteers, has served 25+ million meals since the start of the pandemic. From NY to Little Rock, Oakland to Navajo Nation – we’ve been fighting hunger from the frontlines. 1/
But what we and countless other NGOs, restaurants, faith groups & local leaders are doing - it is just not enough. There is a hunger crisis in our country that demands federal leadership.

30 million Americans didn’t have enough to eat last week. cnn.com/2020/07/31/us/…
That’s 1 in 10 Americans going hungry. The Senate’s HEALS Act doesn’t contain a single dollar to feed hungry children, fund food banks & emergency meal programs, adequate SNAP increases. That's unacceptable. There are many ways Congress must lead in the fight against hunger.
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May 12, 2020
Today I want to talk about how #AmericaEats through @USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...SNAP. A part of our food system so significant that 1 out of 7 Americans is eligible. A program that feeds our country, supports local economies, & can do so much more 🍎🌾🥕🥦1/
Let’s start w/ what SNAP isn’t...is NOT a handout. It is economic infusion into the hands of community businesses & small farms. Every $1 invested creates $1.70 in economic activity! It’s also our first line of defense against hunger and is proven to lower the poverty rate. 2/
With rising unemployment, already we‘re seeing an increase in need and eligibility. @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr @POTUS @SecretarySonny with pragmatic bipartisan action, we can turn this from a problem into an opportunity 3/ cbpp.org/research/food-…
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People of America! I want to talk about two photos that tell the story of food in our country in this moment...two different, painful realities that we are experiencing, and the opportunity we must seize to make sure food is not the problem but the solution 1/
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