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Impacting thousands of lives — one hot dog at a time

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Our union owns a custom-made red trailer with a gigantic propane grill, and we use it to barbecue hot dogs. It has always been affectionately known as the “hot dog wagon.”

A hot dog wagon may not sound high-brow enough for the opinion section of a major metropolitan daily newspaper. But you’d be surprised at how the simple act of cooking a free lunch can impact lives — and has, in fact, impacted thousands of lives. You also might be surprised to hear about how all of those people who have been touched by the hot dog wagon responded when it was stolen last week, along with a freezer full of 2,000 frozen all-beef dogs.