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Founder of JL Blessings, Tony Osso joins Bernie & Sid in the Morning to talk about his organization, with hopes that people join in creating Hope. Change. Life. for the less fortunate and deserving.
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” - John Holmes
Spreading Awareness in Piermont, NY
Source: Rivertown Magazine
December 14, 2020
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On Sunday November 15th, Tony Osso, founder of JL Blessings, and a group of volunteers, took to the streets of Piermont to raise awareness for a growing problem throughout the U.S.—and here in the Hudson Valley: homelessness.
With the masks in place, signs in hand, and “just love” in their hearts, the group of volunteers marched throughout town. Throughout the march, they would stop and ask residents and visitors of the town to consider donating backpacks filled with “bare essentials,” such as non-perishable foods, blankets, soap and toothpaste. They encourage you to MAKE IT YOUR OWN…
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"Blessings in a Backpack" (now JL Blessings) is a grassroots charity that helps one homeless person at a time, and it is the brainchild of a guy who grew weary of walking by people and not being able to help them every time he went into the city.
Tony Osso insists it is that simple. He collects stuffed backpacks full of toothpaste, socks, soap, wet wipes, granola bars, inspirational notes, water bottles, gloves, hats and all sorts of other essentials.
And he does not accept money.
His team of 18 kindhearted volunteers loaded up a bus last week and went from 31st Street and Eighth Avenue up to Columbus Circle, walking and giving out the backpacks.
Each person carried about five of them, and each backpack was filled with all of those items plus a note bearing Tony's favorite line: "Just love."
The volunteers got a thumbs up from passersby who saw -- and appreciated -- what they were doing.
The backpacks continue to be donated, and Osso keeps them at his house in Norwood, New Jersey.
It is his second year doing this, and he says they have handed out 453 bags. That's nearly four times as many as last year, when he and his volunteers passed out 120 or so.
Osso said he truly hopes his backpacks help homeless people feel appreciated and supported and maybe even help get them back on their feet. He also hopes it helps people who want to help but don't know how.
