BOSTON (WHDH) – A Boston nonprofit is reflecting on a particular donation tied to Princess Diana 25 years after her demise, carrying on her legacy within the Bay State.
David Waters, CEO of Group Servings, is grateful for the generosity. The nonprofit is a vitamin program for folks fighting continual sicknesses who’re struggling to feed themselves or their households. They feed nearly 2,500 folks each day.
Waters stated that Group Servings was as soon as small, however a Boston philanthropist gifted one in all Princess Diana’s robes to the group to public sale off in 1997.
“We have been nearly to public sale it off when that tragic automobile accident occurred 25 years in the past right now,” Waters stated.
After her demise, the worth of the robe jumped to $200,000, permitting the charity to purchase their first kitchen. He additionally credited all the things from the group’s meals, facilities and manpower, is because of her.
“It’s so poignant 25 years later to recollect what Princess Diana meant,” he stated.
Waters additionally famous that the group’s early mission was to feed folks dwelling with HIV-AIDS, and Princess Diana was one of many earliest celebrities to talk out in regards to the illness.
“That unique reward and the message of Princess Diana’s priorities for HIV have simply multiplied so many instances over,” Waters stated.
Anybody who needs to donate to Group Servings can achieve this at servings.org.
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