Good deeds: a restaurant in New York feeds city doctors for free

Since the launch of the program, the owner of a restaurant chain has collected more than 100 thousand dollars and delivered several thousand dishes to medical workers. This is stated in the video of the publication "Voice of America".

Luca Di Pietro is the owner of five popular New York Italian restaurants called Tarallucci E Vino. After, on the orders of Andrew Governor Andrew Cuomo, the restaurants switched to take-out and delivery, he decided to leave only one restaurant open.

On March 19, a customer called and ordered 40 meals to be delivered to the doctors and nurses at New York Hospital. “I realized that these people are already overwhelmed. Therefore, any outside help is invaluable for them, ”said the restaurant owner.

So the idea came to help those who save the lives of thousands of people, risking their own health. To realize the idea, he attracted a family. Together they created a web page called Feed the frontline.

Di Pietro's daughter, Isabella, revealed that she has a friend who helped them create the site overnight. “We all got together, came up with a name, involved people who spread the information on social networks, and since then we have had an incredible response,” she said.

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Jerome Kapelus, one of the program’s donors, said that the decision to join the initiative was easy for him. Because, he explained, everyone wins in this situation: the restaurant saves some workers, and doctors get food.

The owner of Tarallucci E Vino said that the number of deliveries grew every day. Nurses told Di Pietro that he was saving their valuable time. After all, now they do not need to take off their protective clothing and leave the hospital to buy food. In this way, Di Pietro literally helps healthcare providers save lives.

This initiative allows the restaurant chain owner to continue the business, and thanks to the generosity of donors, he helps medical teams deal with the outbreak of coronavirus in the worst-hit city in America.

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