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Holiday Donations Feed 800 at Children of the City in Brooklyn

By: Kristin Gabriel

Children of the City has reached thousands of children at home, school, and on the streets and playgrounds. The annual Thanksgiving food drive obtained enough food donations to feed 400 families, or 800 people.

"Our group went to food distributors and asked them to donate canned foods and turkeys. We obtained enough food to feed more than 800 people, who my family and I along with other members of Children of the City helped distribute to the families," said Rocco Basile, one of the charity's board members. "With support like this we can effectively reach and change the lives of many families, improving their quality of life by breaking the cyclical effects of poverty and giving them hope for their future."

For more than two decades since 1981, this organization has successfully served the underprivileged children and families in the inner-city communities Southwest Brooklyn, helping them overcome welfare and poverty and become homeowners, businesspeople, and more. Many families have turned away from lifestyles of violence and gang activity and have overcome substance abuse. Now pouring time back into the community, they are volunteering.

The giving team includes many certified professionals, along with 50 highly committed and trained volunteers who visit about one thousand children each month. During the year the organization maintains current information on over 500 families in the community, giving them encouragement and resources, and hoping to give them a better tomorrow.

In recent years Basile has been spending more time with his charity work. One of several life altering moments happened to him after he read a passage the book, "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," which helps people in achieving interdependent effectiveness by offering seven principles.

The book speaks about an emotional bank account... whereas if you do good for others and keep commitments, you make deposits in other people's emotional bank accounts. As these deposits grow, your relationship grows. Think about times when you made a broken promise or a hurtful statement. If your emotional bank account is full from past deposits, people will forgive you.

He continued, "This concept has helped me repair many broken relationships. This has changed the way I treat others. Relationships are the source of my happiness."

This was an epiphany as he realized that there was a time in his life when nobody would have come to his funeral, never mind speaking at it.

Now, one of the elements that he has realized is important for this process to work is that it begins with education. Many poeple believe that providing a role model for youth gives them an understanding.

People interested in changing their lives might ask themselves, "What is my talent and how can I serve?"

People like Rocco Basile can also serve others by sharing experiences and showing others how to live a life of ethics, morals and a strong sense of principal. There is tranquility and happiness in a life that you can be proud of.

Article Source: http://www.newagelivingarticles.com

Kristin Gabriel is a marketing and PR professional working for Rocco Basile, of Basile Builders Group, and who sits on the Board of Directors of Children of the City (childrenofthecity.org) and the Joe DiMaggio Committee for Xaverian High School.

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