Cooking for charity is natural for someone who cooks for a living.
observation — attributed to Charlie Palmer
Palmer's long involvement with City Meals on Wheels (which delivers meals to homebound elderly who might not otherwise eat) is, in his framing, just natural. For someone who cooks for a living, who nurtures people, feeding people is what the work is, whether paid or donated. The reframe matters for any profession whose core skill could be applied charitably. Lawyers can do pro bono work. Doctors can volunteer in clinics. Designers can build for nonprofits. The framing is that the volunteer work is not separate from the day work; it is the same skill applied. The discipline is operationally easy and structurally rare.
For professionals in any skill-based field thinking about how to contribute to causes they care about. The observation is most useful as a frame against the assumption that volunteer work has to be separate from one's professional identity.
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