Kathy Rittel, I would like to thank you for those most kind words to my letter to the New Hyde Park Herald Courier concerning my experiences with homelessness, in your letter to the New Hyde Park Herald Courier Oct. 1.
It is most heartwarming to hear from people like yourself who has great concern for the homeless of today.
I hope and pray others are prone to help the homeless in response to our two letters.
As for myself I have learned from my experiences and today I am a lector at St. Anastasia Parish in Douglaston and I am currently Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus in Douglaston, which is a charitable organization where our main objective is charity.
I also for the last 35 years have worked for Northeast Plumbing which is now in Mineola. I see from your letter that through your experiences and what your family had been through, you truly understand what it means to be poor and without compassion from others.
Kathy Rittel, may God bless you for all that you do for those in need of your kindness.
Thank you again.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks Village
