At the corner of Burgundy and St. Peter in the French Quarter, there’s an intersection of gratitude and blessings. For Cindy Cochran, it’s one less thing to stress about since being out of a job.
“Particularly here in this neighborhood, almost all of us are in the service industry and almost all of us lost our jobs,” Cochran said.
Cochran was a tour guide before coronavirus shut the industry down. Now, she’s thankful for causes like the Crescent City Meal Assistant Program, which is serving meals by the thousands.
“We didn’t really know how we were going to do it, but we knew that we could get it done,” said Sarah Manowitz, co-founder of the program.
Manowitz, along with Reed Wendorf, started distribution April 4, originally for service industry workers and the LGBTQ community.
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