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Step four:
Step five: The Label
Step six:
I'm not the only curious one. Who do you think sends me this stuff? Other people. Like one that sent this- I hope the "presenter" got all the donors right this time!
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The answer is all on Facebook. I'll break it down for you in 6 easy steps.
Step one:
Four generous Hoboken residents donate 131 delicious ziti and meatball dinners from Leo's Grandezvous for the senior residents of Monroe Gardens.
Step two:
To ensure that the seniors know who donated the feast, Leo's Grandezvous makes a large sign which reads "Donated to Monroe Gardens Senior Building" and "Donated by Nick Petruzelli, Kyle Enger, Buddy & Janice Mathews."
Step three:
Leo's Grandezvous stacks the 131 donated meals in boxes to be delivered. No labels, nothing.
Step four:
Once the 131 donated dinners arrive at their destination, they are unboxed. A team of volunteers afixes the top of each plate with a label.
Step five: The Label
The label appears to be about 6" x 4". Two donors' names are omitted (ink shortage?) A presenter's name in striking bold-faced font and underlined is added to the top.
Step six:
The "presenter" posts the generous donation of others on Facebook. The "presenter" appears to claim credit for other people's donations or have I misread this? What does "presenting" other people's donations mean? Picking them up, delivering them and putting labels on them? And with defective labels that omit half the donors' names. I asked below the Facebook post. I wasn't trolling, I really want to know.
The "presenter" answered me, but when I went to look, I'd been blocked!
So if anyone cares to send me a screencap, I really want to understand this phenomenon of "presenting" donations. I know many volunteers who "present" other peoples' donated food to frontline workers and seniors. Maybe they should label them, too?
I'm not the only curious one. Who do you think sends me this stuff? Other people. Like one that sent this- I hope the "presenter" got all the donors right this time!
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heard about this. hijacking credit. maybe donors should ask for another delivery service.
ReplyDeleteLooks like he used 8pt font for the donor family and 24pt for his name lmao
ReplyDeleteIf I had to guess... pizza boxes are quite large so the label must be huge. I'd guess that it was printed on 8.5" x 11" paper in landscape mode. That would make the label approx 4.25" x 11". If that's correct, the size of the "presenter's" name could be anything from 36 pt - 60 pt size. I'd guess the next line- "Paid for by Hoboken Family" is about 1/3 the size of the largest font, and the next 2 lines are about 1/4 the size. It's curious--the writing on the box says "2p"- are there only 2 pieces inside?
DeleteYour post here is ridiculous at best and its not going to deter me from continuing to help our most vulnerable residents during this difficult time. We are doing another meal drop for all 145 Senior residents at Adams Gardens on Thursday with the same exact labels just different donor names. However, I do challenge you Nancy; why don’t you take some of that negative energy and help us instead feed and take care of our Seniors. Call some of your friends and get them to donate funds to a local restaurant and get meals delivered to a Senior building. Can you do that for me?! It is crazy to me that during a terrible Pandemic as we are all experiencing, you would stoop so low to degrade someone’s effort to volunteer their time and energy to help our community. Your claim is meritless and dumb and you should be ashamed of yourself. Come help our cause, not bash it.
ReplyDeleteWhich part is ridiculous? I asked you Qs on your FB page about what "presented by" meant, and why you were putting your name on other people's donations- and in bigger letters than the donors' names. Those are real questions.
DeleteI am curious because I know others who have been "presenting" donated food every day- to healthcare workers and seniors- but do so quietly, without fanfare, in the spirit of caring and kindness, and see no need to identify themselves on the food paid for by others. These are good people who do acts of charity quietly. One of them is also an HHA Commissioner who tirelessly volunteers time to fundraising and organizing deliveries of food to hospitals, nursing homes, seniors, and so on, but would never think of advertising herself on these donations. Nor did Commissioner James Sanford, who gave thousands of face masks to the HHA put his name on the masks. But you do. So, its a legitimate question, and you are a public figure. For the record, other people who were a bit shocked, brought this to my attention. If you aren't buying the meals, why do you tag other people's donations with your name? I know you answered me on your Facebook page but then blocked me from reading your answer. So, I don't know the answer.
No, I would never degrade your volunteer work, nor anyone else's. Charity is a mitzvah. But putting your name in giant letters on food that other people bought that is highly unusual, has attracted some attention, hence I asked.
Curious why did you bump those two donors off the label? Surely you knew that those two names were omitted when 131 dinners were labeled?
Look, obviously we have a philosophical disagreement on whether donated food should host political advertising. Respectfully, your assumption that I haven't donated to our food pantry and to legitimate charities to feed our front line workers is incorrect, in addition to other personal efforts to help, such as making face masks. It takes a village.
Be very careful GA. I understand Commissioner Imposter, as he is now known, has a very nasty, sexist temper when anyone challenges his flagrant attempts to promote himself in the guise of philanthropism. But I am more interested in his creation of a new job title in this era of increased unemployment. A "presenter". Does it pay in ways other than falsely currying favor with unsuspecting recipients of others' generosity? I do not see genuinely philanthropic individuals behaving as such. Toni Tamarazzo spends hours a day coordinating food donations and distribution at the Hoboken Food Pantry. Many members of the CERT team tirelessly deliver food donated by many generous individuals and corporations. Leo Pelligrini coordinates senior meals throughout the city for 6 weeks with hundreds of volunteers. Are Toni and the CERT team and donors and Leo and his volunteers "presenters" too? No, not by the definition of "presenter", as Mr. Imposter defines it; a "presenter" is one who lacks humility, who does not act selflessly, who does pathetically desire to personally benefit during a pandemic off the back of legitimate philanthropic acts. Shame on you, Mr. Misre-"presenter".
ReplyDeleteThanks for exposing this bullshit. It's just another attempt to exploit the most vulnerable in Hoboken to garner favors and votes down the road. Not sure what Impastato's long game is, or what the others have in mind for their futures in local politics, but it's pretty clear that's what this is about.
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't have been more blatant than if there were vote by mail applications rolled into every napkin.
There are lots of people doing great things during this pandemic who are not calling attention to their selfless acts of kindness and generosity, and Leo's thanks to him should have been enough, but not necessary, if his motivations were pure and honest.
The other two named are not generally involved in politics, but both are developers, so they're probably shilling for DeFusco.
Ramos and DeFusco are putting their people in place on boards and setting up resumes in advance of the mayoral election to pander to their base is in the HHA and senior buildings.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. It would not be so successful if not for the cooperation of "reformers" afflicted with Bhalla Derangement Syndrome.
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