Ganga_NP0 Stone_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ survived_VVD on_PRP odd_AJ0 jobs_NN2 in_PRP Manhattan_NP0 until_CJS she_PNP discovered_VVD that_CJT her_DPS life_NN1 's_POS mission_NN1 was_VBD to_TO0 bring_VVI free_AJ0 homemade_AJ0 meals_NN2 to_PRP bedridden_AJ0 AIDS_NN1 patients_NN2 on_PRP her_DPS bicycle_NN1 ,_PUN then_AV0 expanded_VVN her_DPS volunteer_NN1 corps_NN0 of_PRF cooks_NN2 and_CJC couriers_NN2 into_PRP an_AT0 enduring_AJ0 organization_NN1 called_VVN God_NP0 's_POS Love_NN1 We_PNP Deliver_VVB ,_PUN died_VVD on_PRP Wednesday_NP0 in_PRP Saratoga_NP0 Springs_NP0 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP was_VBD 79._CRD 
Her_DPS death_NN1 ,_PUN at_PRP a_AT0 health_NN1 care_NN1 facility_NN1 ,_PUN was_VBD confirmed_VVN by_PRP her_DPS daughter_NN1 ,_PUN Hedley_NP0 Stone_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP said_VVD a_AT0 cause_NN1 had_VHD not_XX0 been_VBN determined_VVN ._SENT 
In_PRP 1985_CRD ,_PUN Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 was_VBD selling_VVG coffee_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 cart_NN1 on_PRP Wall_NP0 Street_NP0 and_CJC feeling_VVG unfulfilled_AJ0 ._SENT She_PNP came_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 conclusion_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP later_AV0 told_VVD The_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 Times_NN2 ,_PUN that_CJT "_PUQ if_CJS my_DPS life_NN1 were_VBD not_XX0 useful_AJ0 to_PRP God_NP0 in_PRP some_DT0 direct_AJ0 way_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP did_VDD n't_XX0 see_VVI the_AT0 point_NN1 in_PRP living_VVG it_PNP ._SENT "_PUQ 
But_CJC while_CJS volunteering_VVG at_PRP the_AT0 Cabrini_NP0 Hospice_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 Lower_AJC East_NN1 Side_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP had_VHD an_AT0 epiphany_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP was_VBD asked_VVN to_TO0 deliver_VVI a_AT0 bag_NN1 of_PRF groceries_NN2 to_PRP Richard_NP0 Sale_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 32-year-old_AJ0 actor_NN1 who_PNQ was_VBD dying_AJ0 of_PRF AIDS_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS she_PNP realized_VVD that_CJT he_PNP was_VBD too_AV0 weak_AJ0 to_TO0 cook_VVI ,_PUN she_PNP rounded_VVD up_AVP friends_NN2 ,_PUN who_PNQ agreed_VVD to_TO0 bring_VVI him_PNP hot_AJ0 meals_NN2 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP had_VHD never_AV0 seen_VVN anyone_PNI look_VVI that_DT0 bad_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP recalled_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ He_PNP was_VBD starving_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC he_PNP was_VBD terrified_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Legend_NN1 has_VHZ it_PNP that_CJT when_CJS she_PNP returned_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 neighborhood_NN1 with_PRP food_NN1 tailored_VVN to_PRP Sale_NP0 's_POS nutritional_AJ0 needs_NN2 ,_PUN she_PNP ran_VVD into_PRP a_AT0 minister_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ recognized_VVD her_PNP ._SENT When_CJS she_PNP told_VVD him_PNP what_DTQ she_PNP was_VBD doing_VDG ,_PUN he_PNP replied_VVD :_PUN "_PUQ You_PNP 're_VBB not_XX0 just_AV0 delivering_VVG food_NN1 ._SENT You_PNP 're_VBB delivering_VVG God_NP0 's_POS love_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ (_PUL In_PRP another_DT0 version_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 origin_NN1 story_NN1 ,_PUN Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 said_VVD she_PNP was_VBD brushing_VVG her_DPS teeth_NN2 when_CJS she_PNP envisioned_VVD "_PUQ We_PNP Deliver_VVB "_PUQ signs_NN2 on_PRP restaurant_NN1 storefronts_NN2 ._SENT )_PUR 
"_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ the_AT0 perfect_AJ0 thing_NN1 –_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ so_AV0 nonsectarian_AJ0 it_PNP 's_VBZ impossible_AJ0 to_TO0 misunderstand_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ she_PNP told_VVD The_AT0 New_AJ0 Yorker_NN1 in_PRP 1991._CRD 
The_AT0 fledgling_AJ0 organization_NN1 –_PUN made_VVD up_AVP of_PRF Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 and_CJC a_AT0 few_DT0 friends_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP her_DPS roommate_NN1 ,_PUN Jane_NP0 Ellen_NP0 Best_NP0 ,_PUN with_PRP whom_PNQ she_PNP founded_VVD the_AT0 organization_NN1 –_PUN began_VVD by_PRP delivering_VVG meals_NN2 ,_PUN home-cooked_AJ0 or_CJC donated_VVN by_PRP restaurants_NN2 ,_PUN to_PRP mostly_AV0 gay_AJ0 men_NN2 who_PNQ were_VBD too_AV0 incapacitated_VVN by_PRP a_AT0 then-mysterious_AJ0 disease_NN1 to_TO0 shop_VVI or_CJC cook_VVI ._SENT They_PNP left_VVD their_DPS orders_NN2 on_PRP her_DPS answering_AJ0 machine_NN1 ._SENT 
Not_XX0 everyone_PNI wanted_VVD a_AT0 gourmet_NN1 meal_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ One_CRD guy_NN1 wanted_VVD a_AT0 can_VM0 of_PRF Cheez_NP0 Whiz_NN1 and_CJC saltines_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 said_VVD ._SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD year_NN1 alone_AV0 ,_PUN 400_CRD of_PRF their_DPS clients_NN2 died_VVD ._SENT 
As_CJS the_AT0 epidemic_NN1 spread_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 group_NN1 attracted_VVD publicity_NN1 and_CJC support_NN1 from_PRP religious_AJ0 groups_NN2 ,_PUN government_NN1 agencies_NN2 and_CJC celebrities_NN2 ._SENT (_PUL Blaine_NP0 Trump_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 former_DT0 wife_NN1 of_PRF Donald_NP0 Trump_NP0 's_POS brother_NN1 Robert_NP0 ,_PUN is_VBZ the_AT0 vice-chairwoman_NN1 ._SENT )_PUR 
This_DT0 year_NN1 ,_PUN God_NP0 's_POS Love_NN1 We_PNP Deliver_VVB ,_PUN with_PRP a_AT0 budget_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 23_CRD million_CRD ,_PUN hopes_VVZ to_TO0 distribute_VVI 2.5_CRD million_CRD meals_NN2 to_PRP 10_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD people_NN0 in_PRP the_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 metropolitan_AJ0 area_NN1 who_PNQ are_VBB homebound_AJ0 with_PRP various_AJ0 diseases_NN2 ._SENT 
Ingrid_NP0 Hedley_NP0 Stone_NP0 was_VBD born_VVN on_PRP Oct._NP0 30_CRD ,_PUN 1941_CRD ,_PUN in_PRP Manhattan_NP0 and_CJC raised_VVN in_PRP Long_AJ0 Island_NP0 City_NN1 ,_PUN Queens_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 Bronx_NP0 ._SENT Her_DPS father_NN1 ,_PUN M_NP0 ._SENT Hedley_NP0 Stone_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Jewish_AJ0 immigrant_NN1 from_PRP Warsaw_NP0 who_PNQ was_VBD born_VVN Moishe_NP0 Stein_NP0 ,_PUN was_VBD a_AT0 Marxist_NN1 who_PNQ was_VBD an_AT0 organizer_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 National_AJ0 Maritime_AJ0 Union_NN1 and_CJC later_AV0 its_DPS treasurer_NN1 ._SENT 
Her_DPS mother_NN1 ,_PUN Winifred_NP0 (_PUL Carlson_NP0 )_PUR Stone_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 daughter_NN1 of_PRF Norwegian_AJ0 immigrants_NN2 ,_PUN was_VBD a_AT0 librarian_NN1 (_PUL she_PNP established_VVD the_AT0 library_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 National_AJ0 Council_NN1 on_PRP Aging_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN who_PNQ suffered_VVD from_PRP Lou_NP0 Gehrig_NP0 's_POS disease_NN1 when_CJS Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 was_VBD in_PRP her_DPS mid-20s_CRD ._SENT 
A_AT0 graduate_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Fieldston_NP0 School_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Bronx_NP0 ,_PUN Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 studied_VVD comparative_AJ0 literature_NN1 at_PRP Carleton_NP0 College_NN1 in_PRP Minnesota_NP0 and_CJC attended_VVD Columbia_NP0 University_NN1 's_POS School_NN1 of_PRF General_AJ0 Studies_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC never_AV0 graduated_AJ0 ._SENT 
Her_DPS eclectic_AJ0 résumé_NN1 of_PRF jobs_NN2 included_VVD driving_VVG a_AT0 cab_NN1 and_CJC working_VVG as_PRP a_AT0 morgue_NN1 technician_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP was_VBD hired_VVN as_PRP a_AT0 waitress_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 Manhattan_NP0 nightclub_NN1 Max_NP0 's_POS Kansas_NP0 City_NN1 ,_PUN where_CJS she_PNP met_VVD Gerard_NP0 Hill_NP0 ,_PUN an_AT0 Australian_AJ0 busboy_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP married_VVD in_PRP 1970_CRD ,_PUN but_CJC she_PNP left_VVD the_AT0 marriage_NN1 after_PRP 13_CRD months_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 couple_NN1 divorced_VVN in_PRP 1973._CRD 
In_PRP addition_NN1 to_PRP her_DPS daughter_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP leaves_VVZ a_AT0 son_NN1 from_PRP that_DT0 marriage_NN1 ,_PUN Clement_NP0 Hill_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 sister_NN1 ,_PUN Dr._NP0 Elsa_NP0 Stone_NP0 ._SENT 
A_AT0 self-described_AJ0 radical_AJ0 feminist_NN1 ,_PUN Ms._NP0 Stone_NP0 was_VBD steered_VVN by_PRP her_DPS yoga_NN1 instructor_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 spiritual_AJ0 teachings_NN2 of_PRF Swami_NP0 Muktananda_NP0 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 mid-1970s_NN2 ,_PUN after_PRP sending_VVG her_DPS 6-year-old_AJ0 son_NN1 to_TO0 live_VVI with_PRP his_DPS father_NN1 ,_PUN she_PNP embarked_VVD on_PRP a_AT0 two-year_AJ0 retreat_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 swami_NN1 's_POS ashram_NN1 in_PRP Ganeshpuri_NP0 ,_PUN India_NP0 ._SENT 
