Giving Year Round

Jan DeFerbrache, founder of the non-profit Gaia Works and the gift shop Magic Candle in Irvington, is filled with gratitude for all the people who have stepped up to help her help others. Earlier this year, Jan’s shop was burglarized two days in a row: thieves stole the cash register and donated goods from the pantry in the shop one night, and the next night they broke in again and stole items and damaged the shop itself. “I felt violated,” she said, recounting the day she walk