PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The world watched him eat a chicken. And now, Alexander Tominsky wants the world to help his neighbors eat, too.
“I ate so much, I pained myself,” he said. “And now it’s time to feed the people that are pained because they don’t have enough to eat”.<\/p>\n
The folks at South Philadelphia Community Fridge, a two-year-old volunteer organization, reached out to Tominsky with a call to action. They dared him to name the time and place to distribute rotisserie chickens to the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Tominsky jumped on board and put out a request for his newly-found Twitter audience to donate. So far, they have rallied $1,600.<\/p>\n
With that money, South Philadelphia Community Fridge will be able to install a refrigerator at DiSilvestro Playground, where there is currently only a dry food pantry.<\/p>\n
Also, to complete the challenge, Tominsky is encouraging the community to help with the aforementioned rotisserie chicken distribution on Sunday, December 11, at 12:00pm at Mifflin Square Park.<\/p>\n
“Just bring over a chicken,” he said. “It’s very easy. Very simple.”<\/p>\n
People can also make a financial contribution to help South Philadelphia Community Fridge acquire the chickens to donate. <\/a><\/p>\n But in addition to chickens, they also need help from humans.<\/p>\n “You can do anything from showing up once a week to clean a fridge or put some food in it,” said volunteer Victoria Jayne, “Or anything from getting involved by signing up to be a regular volunteer and transport food.”<\/p>\n With love for his community, Tominsky thinks he will keep doing good deeds in the future.<\/p>\n “Not just the neighbors, but the entire world. We all have something in common. It’s a very short amount of time that we’re all living on this world together,” he said. “We all have to look out for each other, to support each other.”<\/p>\n To learn more about South Philadelphia Community Fridge and their rotisserie chicken food drive<\/a>, visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n