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https://www.today.com/food/people/baker-delivers-free-birthday-cakes-to-homeless-people-rcna235965>
"Manolo Betancur believes everyone deserves a birthday cake.
“I arrived to America 25 years ago, and I didn’t speak any English, and I
didn’t have any money in my pocket,” Betancur, owner of Manolo’s Bakery in
Charlotte, North Carolina, tells
TODAY.com.
He left his birth country of Colombia to attend college in Tennessee. Years
after going to school, he got married, moved to North Carolina and, in 2005,
bought his bakery.
“We are the oldest immigrant Latino bakery in the Carolinas,” he says.
Through his bakery, Betancur has sold tres leches, tartaleta and cheesecakes to
his customers, while simultaneously giving back to his community. For 12 years,
he’s been donating cakes to celebrate the birthdays of those experiencing
homelessness in his city.
“We don’t call them ‘homeless,’” he says. “They’re our neighbors.”"
Via
What Could Go Right? Did Anything Good Happen in the US in 2025?
https://theprogressnetwork.org/good-news-united-states-2025/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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