By Guy Fieri’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund Has Raised Almost $25 Million for Struggling Workers
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is known for his bleached and spiky hair, his love of barbecue, and for doing nice things. When the California wildfires hit communities last fall, he went to the affected areas to feed thousands of firefighters. And now? It has helped raise nearly $ 25 million for restaurant staff facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic.
In partnership with the National Restaurant Association, Fieri helped launch the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund last spring.
“You know, a lot of people work in the restaurant industry in multiple jobs, second jobs, single mothers, single parents, students, retirees. And the restaurant industry is hugely important to our communities, ”said Fieri. told CBS News of the initiative. “So when I saw this coming, I said, ‘We have to do something to get some money to these people.
15,000 individual donations have been made at the bottom. And so far, more than 43,000 restaurant employees have received $ 500 grants in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, and DC.
“I was told a story about someone who said, ‘I live in a building with a group of people who work in the service industry, and none of us have money, I don’t even have anyone I can borrow from’ money because no one that I know has money ‘”, the Diners Drive-ins and Dives Star told CBS. “When you start hearing that kind of thing … nothing is more important.”
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