Meal of love for the needy in the city center
Food for the needy was cooked today, eve New Yearon Aristotelous Street, in its center Thessalonikion the initiative of the Presidency of the Republic, as reported by ThessToday.gr.
At the height between N. Heraklion and Ermou streets, the chef of the Presidency of the Republic, Vassilis Bekas and the cooks of the Social Kitchen “Allos Anthropos” Konstantinos Polychronopoulos and the traditional cafe, “Stou Mitsou”, Dimitris Pantzartzidis cooked and offered a meal of love to 300 people. they need it. The dish chosen was braised veal with plums and vegetable penne.
As the cooks of the Social Kitchen and Mr. Bekas stated in ThessToday.gr, this is an action that he does every weekend and “we cook for our fellow human beings in need, even today, which is a holiday, we are here to offer them a plate of food, a meal of love.”
The expense is covered by the Presidency of the Republic and the cooking and distribution of the food took about two hours with the participation of Red Cross volunteers.
The Municipality of Thessaloniki
In total, in Thessaloniki, more than 1,500 meals were distributed to the needy, in different parts of the city, during the holidays by the Municipality.
“No one should feel alone, no one should feel that they do not have our solidarity, not only on the days of the holidays but every day”, said the mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, who today delivered food to the beneficiaries of the rations of Social Services of the Municipality, in the 4th annex of the Center for Open Protection of the Elderly.
For her part, the deputy mayor for Social Policy, Ioanna Kosmopoulou, explained that the families who were beneficiaries of the subsidy were given, in addition to daily meals, additional festive meals on Christmas Eve and today, New Year’s Eve. “We stand close to our vulnerable fellow citizens with many our fellow citizens. and various ways, throughout the year. With the open homeless day center and the homeless dormitory, where festive meals have been distributed since December 19, in addition to weekdays, we made a musical celebration, always with the help of sponsors. In total an additional 1500 meals were given and they are distributed in six different places in our cities” said Mrs. Kosmopoulou.