Rethink Food NYC Inc. launched an emergency food program called Restaurant Response, where up to 30 neighborhood restaurants can apply to receive $40,000 to stay open.
"We have gotten very creative with maximizing our dollars as far as we can go by creating boxes that have the staples to get families by -- beans, rice, potatoes, apples, oranges -- and some sweets, just to have something to make them happy," Adler said."Hopefully we can continue for as long as we can."
Puesto team members, from r-l, Marie Thomasset, Louis Ward and Amy Grave, pack care packages throughout the week."We are still trying to keep on doing it, but have to find balance on how much of our own funds we have to use, to keep investing in this, while trying to keep our team is the most important thing to us," said Adler, who says it cost $5 to put together a box that should last a family a full week.
"We got a message from a nurse saying it was hard to eat because they are dealing with all the patients, and all the restaurants nearby were closed," Elzer told ABC News."They just wanted to have a delivery of food." "Nurses and doctors are being pulled into a situation that's very different -- they are risking their lives," Elzer said."We just want them to smile, and pizza makes people smile. We want them to have a meal, and we want to support them."Cheese Pie for Hospital Donation
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