About Feed the Fight Boston
Feed the Fight Boston has a dual mission: to nourish and cheer overworked healthcare workers on the COVID-19 frontlines and to help secure the jobs of insecure and often vulnerable restaurant workers and small business entrepreneurs by purchasing food from local, independently-owned restaurants during this challenging time. By crowdsourcing donations, FTFB offers an easy way for all of us to help take care of our communities’ economically challenged restaurants and the many stressed healthcare workers taking care of us.
We may not be able to repay the people in hospitals and clinics for their dedication or eat enough food ourselves to make a difference for the local restaurants we love, but collectively we can make a big difference!
FeedtheFightBoston operates as partner fund of the Newton Rotary Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and our fiscal sponsor. Contributions to FeedtheFightBoston go to a special fund at the Rotary exclusively for FTFB use, are tax deductible, and are not subject to any associated fees.
Our Story
In late March, as COVID-19 grew into a full-scale crisis, four strangers came together out of concern for overworked healthcare workers they know and awareness of the challenges facing their locally-owned restaurants. Inspired by efforts in Washington, DC, they formed Feed the Fight Boston, a pop-up charity, and began raising funds and delivering food.
Within a week, they had delivered over 1000 meals, formed a partnership with the Rotary Club of Newton so they could operate properly as a non-profit, and articulate their core values.
Our Values
We aim to serve the community as a whole to the extent possible give our resources. This emphasis on community dictates our three core values: inclusivity, equity, and addressing the greatest needs.
Who We Are
Feed the Fight Cambridge is an all-volunteer organization. We have four founding members:
Additional Information
Our website has general information for and about restaurants, a list of restaurants with whom we have placed orders so far, and information for restaurants that want to get involved.
We also have a list of institutions to whom we have delivered meals that includes hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. We are in touch with the healthcare community and state-level coordinators, adapt quicly, and follow the healthcare community's needs.
And we cooperate with other, regionally-focused efforts, that raise funds to help support their restaurants.
A Note About Fees
The issue of fees is blowing up in the press these days, and for good reason: Most restaurants have notoriously thin margins, and online order-taking clearinghouses and delivery services charge fees that are objectively high and have dramatic impact on restaurants' bottom lines. Some cities around the US (e.g., San Francisco) have already capped the fees food ordering/delivery services can charge for at least the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Others, including Boston and Cambridge, are considering similar rules.
From the start, Feed the Fight Boston has worked to eliminate fees. We have eliminated all fees except one: fees imposed by credit card companies for donors using their credit cards to contribute. Take a look at our information about fees for details.
Press and Materials
Go to our press/pr/material page for press mentions, downloadable materials, social media links, etc.
Contact
Get in touch with us by email at: feedthefightboston@gmail.com
We may not be able to repay the people in hospitals and clinics for their dedication or eat enough food ourselves to make a difference for the local restaurants we love, but collectively we can make a big difference!
FeedtheFightBoston operates as partner fund of the Newton Rotary Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and our fiscal sponsor. Contributions to FeedtheFightBoston go to a special fund at the Rotary exclusively for FTFB use, are tax deductible, and are not subject to any associated fees.
Our Story
In late March, as COVID-19 grew into a full-scale crisis, four strangers came together out of concern for overworked healthcare workers they know and awareness of the challenges facing their locally-owned restaurants. Inspired by efforts in Washington, DC, they formed Feed the Fight Boston, a pop-up charity, and began raising funds and delivering food.
Within a week, they had delivered over 1000 meals, formed a partnership with the Rotary Club of Newton so they could operate properly as a non-profit, and articulate their core values.
Our Values
We aim to serve the community as a whole to the extent possible give our resources. This emphasis on community dictates our three core values: inclusivity, equity, and addressing the greatest needs.
- Inclusivity: It was essential to all involved that FTFB would be inclusive. Unlike efforts with a focus on specific restaurants or specific hospitals, FTFB was conceived as a service to the community as a whole. So all restaurants that are locally-owned and struggling are encouraged to get invovled (see our restaurants page) and all hospitals, clinics and nursing homes on the COVID-19 frontlines (see our healthcare providers page) are encouraged to contact us and get involved.
- Equity: We do our best to distribute orders among restaurants. We work with the providers and with state-level coordinators to distribute orders as equitably as possible among healthcare facilities, and according to need.
- Addressing the Greatest Needs: We recognize that workers in all restaurants deserve our support. We have chosen to support locally-owned restaurants because they have no possibility of aid from parent companies and thus the greatest need. Similarly, we focus on the healthcare facilities most stressed in the fight against COVID-19 and make an effort to address the scale of each one's unique needs.
Who We Are
Feed the Fight Cambridge is an all-volunteer organization. We have four founding members:
- Kimberly Slater
- Karen Masterson
- Angela Adams
- Leslie Schick
- Nandana Kansra
- David Rabkin
- Daniella DiPaola
- Emily Gill
- Emily Gray
- Josh Nolan
- Stevie Sheldon
- Jeremy Singer
- Jackson Slater
- Max Slater
- Paul Sullivan
- Diane Swint
Additional Information
Our website has general information for and about restaurants, a list of restaurants with whom we have placed orders so far, and information for restaurants that want to get involved.
We also have a list of institutions to whom we have delivered meals that includes hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. We are in touch with the healthcare community and state-level coordinators, adapt quicly, and follow the healthcare community's needs.
And we cooperate with other, regionally-focused efforts, that raise funds to help support their restaurants.
A Note About Fees
The issue of fees is blowing up in the press these days, and for good reason: Most restaurants have notoriously thin margins, and online order-taking clearinghouses and delivery services charge fees that are objectively high and have dramatic impact on restaurants' bottom lines. Some cities around the US (e.g., San Francisco) have already capped the fees food ordering/delivery services can charge for at least the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Others, including Boston and Cambridge, are considering similar rules.
From the start, Feed the Fight Boston has worked to eliminate fees. We have eliminated all fees except one: fees imposed by credit card companies for donors using their credit cards to contribute. Take a look at our information about fees for details.
Press and Materials
Go to our press/pr/material page for press mentions, downloadable materials, social media links, etc.
Contact
Get in touch with us by email at: feedthefightboston@gmail.com
