The Queens native fighting hunger, homelessness, and poverty.
Swami Durga Das at the River Fund headquarters.Photo by: Marlene Cruz. Thirty years ago, Swami Durga Das baked a dozen chocolate chip cookies, which initiated the River Fund’s first effort to deliver baked goods to Manhattan nonprofits that cared for the terminally ill. “This whole project started with one dozen cookies,” he says.
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