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By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

Rather than tease or beat around the bush, DOROT states the package’s purpose from the outset on the front of its No. 10 white carrier envelope: “Meal Tickets Enclosed: Please Help Feed the Jewish Elderly.” To the right is a sticker with an illustration of a plate of food and instructions to place the sticker on the enclosed reply form.