Leo Drye, owner of Leo’s Hotdogs, at first did not believe that someone came into his store and wanted to buy 30 of his hotdogs. However, after hearing what was planned for the hotdogs that he made, he shared the story to his Facebook page for people to know about this good deed.

Drye, following the interaction, posted the following message with a picture to his Facebook page on October 19 at 12:47 p.m: “These two ladies purchased 30 of Leo’s Hotdogs to give to homeless on the corner of Broadway and Lander Street. God works through people.”

Leo’s Hot Dogs, which has been in business for 31 years, began as a food truck on Front Street before making 169 Broadway in Newburgh its home. For Drye it was an unexpected purchase and overall act.

“It was spur of the moment. Two nice looking ladies, Christian women approached the counter and asked for so many hot dogs, and I thought it was a joke. They bought the hotdogs and I donated a case of sodas,” he said. “Every little bit helps.”

Since that posting, it has been liked on Facebook by 115 people, collected 30 comments and has been shared 13 times. Comments from followers praised the two women for performing the act, calling the act awesome and sending positivity and blessings towards them.

Though their names were not initially shared in the Facebook posting by Drye, the names of the ladies who performed this good deed were later identified as Concepcion Posadas and Jennifer Ramos.

Both women were eventually able to be connected with and were equally surprised to see the positive reaction to the posting and to the work they had done for the homeless. Both women, who are active in their church communities, wanted to help the homeless in the city however they could.

“Sometime you know [they] don’t have clothes, sleeping in the outside. I see the people sleeping out in the street, see the people, they are hungry,” said Posadas.

“When I walk over here in Newburgh and I see the [homeless] people, I want to cry,” said Ramos. “I do it because I love the people. I don’t want that to happen to me, or my daughter or anybody.”

Though a positive moment and message for all who happened to see it on Facebook, the on-going work to address the homeless crisis and support homeless individuals continues on in the city.

As a member of the Newburgh Ministry today, Drye recalled the time where he was before and where he is now compared to others who may have their own struggles currently. “I’m just one of the fortunate ones,” he said.

Drye believes that people in the city and everywhere can make a difference in the community and he hopes that there can be more services for the homeless community and mentally sick, make more food available, decrease rental prices and provide programs to help overcome addiction.

Overall, Drye was very happy to see the kindness of the women being spread and to see the reactions of people to the overall message and idea.

“If they could do it,” he said, “ then others could do it too.”