Song of hope: Girls create cabaret shows to help the hungry
Two Brooklyn girls are using the gift of song to help people in need.
Best friends Scarlett Diviney, 9, and Jolie Wasserman,13, host and direct “Voices to End Hunger,” a series of virtual cabaret shows on Facebook Live. Viewer donations are given to organizations that assist people struggling with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Diviney, from Bay Ridge, and Wasserman, from Bergen Beach, met two years ago when they were in a production of “Annie.” So far, they and their network of young performer friends have put together four cabaret shows that raised enough money to feed 40,000 New Yorkers.