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Micah Raskin Demonstrates How Cooking for Others Can Have a Tremendous Impact on Society Micah Raskin is a regular volunteer with soup kitchens and other New York-based groups aiming to improve the lives of the needy by purchasing, cooking, and serving food. Here, he discusses how the simple act of making food for others can have a tremendous impact on individuals and families everywhere. A seasoned chef,  Micah Raskin  has found a passion for cooking that he uses to benefit his family and his neighborhood in Queens and Nassau County NY. He regularly volunteers with local soup kitchens where he helps supply and prepare meals that are then served at no cost to those in need. “I think most people don’t understand how large of a difference cooking a meal for someone else can have in the lives of people anywhere,” says  Micah Raskin . “It eliminates the need for people to go out and purchase raw materials; it saves them from prepping and cooking–which, in itself, ...

Micah Raskin Volunteers with Local Soup Kitchen in Nassau County, New York Micah Raskin is a professional poker player listed as one of the top players in the country. In 2013 according to the GPI Poker Index he was ranked 9th in the world. Micah has amassed over 2 million in earnings to date. In his spare time, he likes to volunteer with local communities to empower and spread community, such as partnering with a local soup kitchen to prepare and serve hot meals to those in need in his neighborhood. Each year, millions of Americans face hunger and poverty on the streets of major cities like New York. Nonprofit volunteers like  Micah Raskin  get involved to help combat the crisis in places like food pantries, and Soup kitchens where they can cook and handout food and resources to the homeless or needy. “It’s shocking to see how many people come into soup kitchens looking for a meal every day,” says Micah Raskin. “It breaks your heart to see so many people starvin...