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Grand Rapids food giveaway to feed 400 families of restaurant and hospitality workers
By: FOX 17
and last updated 2020-12-22 10:59:49-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A drive-through food giveaway is being held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Grand Rapids this afternoon.
The event, organized by Sysco of Michigan, the Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association Educational Foundation, and the Michigan Hospitality Industry Employee Relief Fund, is meant to support hospitality and restaurant workers that are experiencing financial hardships.
We re told Sysco has donated 400 boxes of food meant to feed families of four.
The giveaway is scheduled to run from 1 to 3 p.m. today.
Hometownlife.com
Help for the hard-hit employees of restaurants and other service workers was provided during a drive-up food giveaway at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
Sysco of Michigan donated a total of 300 food boxes, each packed to feed a family of four, and joined forces with The Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association Educational Foundation and The Michigan Hospitality Industry Employee Relief Fund to coordinate the assistance for workers faced with financial hardship because of the state’s extended shutdown for dine-in services.
Suburban Collection Showplace provided the space and staffing for the drive-thru giveaway.