An epiphany while volunteering is leading a local restaurant owner to give back to the community in a meaningful way. What’s the old adage, give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime?

With plans to expand The Lucky Well (in Ambler) underway — a second location is expected to open in Philly’s Spring Arts District this summer — (Owner Chad) Rosenthal also intends to open a connected commissary dedicated to making his personally designed BBQ sauces and dry rubs. And who will staff the new Lucky Well Commissary? If everything proceeds according to Rosenthal’s vision, roughly 10-15 Philadelphians experiencing homelessness, writes Dutch Godshalk for Main Line Media News. 

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The commissary employees wouldn’t work in the main restaurant (at least not at first), but they would earn a steady income producing some of the restaurant’s most notable ingredients. They’d also earn some valuable work experience.

Rosenthal said the idea to employ people affected by extreme poverty came to him while he was volunteering at a shelter over Thanksgiving. He said he met roughly 40 people that day — one of whom was a former chef — and felt moved to help them in some way.

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