The person responsible for this Homeless Drive is a 4 ft 11in. Jewish woman, the mother of two sons. She and her Sons Marc and Cory have been feeding the homeless for the past 20 years. Her parents taught her that "if you have more than you need give the rest away. To always be on the receiving end is a very shallow existence, but to help others is the real essence of living."

 She recalled as a child visiting Washington D.C. with her mother and having a life changing experience. Seeing a homeless man in the snow sitting on the cement, leaning against a building; her mother insisted Linda give him her hat, gloves, scarf. Although the items were small the significance was tremendous.  Years later a television show describing an 11 year old boy's mission to feed people living on the streets inspired Linda to follow suit. She established ongoing programs to send homeless children to camp, massive holiday dinners for 2000, yearly collection drives and emergency deliveries.

 We were part of her 22nd year Homeless Drive effort. We were part of the 100 volunteers helping out at the sorting station at Riva Road and part of the 50 volunteers helping out with the deliveries on Xmas eve.  It was an amazing big operation. It all started out with a 4 ft 11in woman handing out the lunches in DC with her sons in the back seat of her car 20 some years ago !