After Watching Refugees Pour Into Poland, Small-Town Baker Comes Up with 'Peace Bread' Fundraiser
Every person is unique in his or her gifts, and when people tap into those strengths to help others, a beautiful and creative variety of charitable outreaches are born. For Matteo Cunsolo, that was through baking…
Every person is unique in his or her gifts, and when people tap into those strengths to help others, a beautiful and creative variety of charitable outreaches are born.
For Matteo Cunsolo, that was through baking. Cunsolo hails from Parabiago, a small town near Milan in Italy, and when he saw the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, he wanted to help — but he wasn’t quite sure how at first.
But then he saw something on television that stirred him: UkrainianRefugees pouring into Poland, welcomed from their journeying at the border with warm drinks — and bread, a life-giving staple.
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“When I heard the word ‘bread’ I thought — ‘OK I am a baker, what can I do to help?'” Cunsolo told The Associated Press