Norwich Children Show Compassion In NYC
Published: August 9th, 2016
By: Grady Thompson

Norwich children show compassion in NYC

MANHATTAN - When Stephanie Meek returned home from a trip to New York City a few weeks ago, she was troubled by the sight of the many homeless people struggling around the city. She voiced these concerns to her husband at the dinner table that night, and unbeknownst to them at the time, it struck a chord with their children, Evan and Brynn.

“A couple days later, they came downstairs and said ‘We have an idea. We want to help those people you talked about in New York City. We want to make them lunch and bring it to them.’”

Evan and Brynn Meek are just 10-years-old and 6-years-old respectively, but what they lack in age they make up for in spirit. On Saturday, August 6, the Meek kids travelled down to New York City. Over the course of eight hours, they handed out 220 bagged lunches to homeless people around Manhattan.

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