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How our family helped with storm relief
Recently, I organized a food sale table on Central Park West outside our apartment building with our kids—Alexander, Claudia, Ricky, and Timothy. We went to Costco in the morning to get food and drink supplies to sell, and then the kids offered the stuff to passersby for a few hours.
The kids had a big “HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF FUND” sign and were not shy about yelling out to potential customers to buy and contribute. I told the kids that, in a few days, we’d look around and find a good charity to which we’d donate the money. The kids ended up raising a net profit of about $300, but it was a $0.35 contribution that hit home.
It was a $0.35 contribution that hit home.
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Rick Lipsey, who was a golf writer at Sports Illustrated for 20 years, lives on the upper west side of New York City.
