Sister Sam, founder of St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, dead at 82
(LA Times Religion)

In 1977, Sister Alice Marie Quinn started what became St. Vincent Meals on Wheels with a single pot of stew served to 83 seniors in a church basement near MacArthur Park. On Friday - days after celebrating her 82nd birthday - Sister Sam, as she was known by friends, died of natural causes. As executive...