UpdatedThu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:29 pm ET Reply Lydia Russo, Mayor Linda Colbert and Michelle Davila display Rustic Heart items that support Vienna VA Foodies' work. (Courtesy of Lydia Russo) Lydia Russo from Vienna VA Foodies and Sarah from Kiln & Co. deliver to the Fellowship House, where they fed 300 senior citizens. (Courtesy of Lydia Russo) VIENNA, VA — Over a year ago, Vienna VA Foodies was started as a Facebook group celebrating Vienna's restaurants. Today, it has become a community effort to help restaurants, thank first responders and assist people in need. Lydia Russo, a real estate agent with Lydia Real Estate, started the Facebook group with her friends Christopher Drinkuth and Katherine Drinkuth to shine a light on Vienna's food scene. But once the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the group began receiving messages from restaurants experiencing a drop in sales and other hardships.