MULLICA HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) — “This jar is the little engine that could,” said Constantine Benas. ” It just reaffirms what we’ve known for 40 years, that you can never underestimate the amount of compassion that you see around with people you don’t even know.”
Benas is the owner of Harrison House Diner, which was originally known as P&B and had its humble beginnings in Glassboro before moving to Mullica Hill in 1984. His family has a history in the food service business that traces back more than 50 years.
About six years ago, Benas was approached by a local nonprofit, Your Place at the Table (YPATT), which hosts a food pantry out of a local church and provides various types of support to families in neighboring towns.
Originally asked to be on the board, he thought the best way he could help was by placing a donation jar near the check-out counter in his …