Tootsie Iovine-D’Ambrosio always made room for lost and hurting souls at her Reading Terminal Market lunch counter. Now she is feeding the hungry again.

Tootsie Iovine-D’Ambrosio always made room for lost and hurting souls at her Reading Terminal Market lunch counter. Now she is feeding the hungry again.

“It’s impossible to say no to Tootsie,” said Elizabeth Halen, owner of Flying Monkey Bakery, and a past president of the market’s merchant association. “She comes at you with such a positive outlook you just want to get on board and help. It’s infectious.”, a homeless shelter, kitchen, and treatment center blocks from the market, was searching for someone to help with community outreach last fall, they had only one name in mind: Tootsie.

Gala guests, from donors and staff to residents and volunteers, will be feted to the tastes of the market. The menu will include roast pork from DiNic’s, jambalaya from Beck’s Cajun Cafe, corndogs from Fox & Son, and smokey cheesers hotdog bites from Miller’s Twist. Down Home Diner Iovine Brothers Produce and Flying Monkey will be collaborating on a shortcake desert, and there will be Fourth Street Cookies and Bassetts Ice Cream.

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