Get Shift Done connects hospitality workers who need a paycheck with food banks that need a helping hand.
Jain was chair of the North Texas Food Bank last year as the pandemic and shut down orders gripped the region.
Restaurants closed; workers laid off. Food pantries in demand. Volunteers unavailable.
In these desperate moments of the pandemic, an idea was at work. Food banks needed people, and hospitality workers who knew food needed work. We set up the nonprofit in 72 hours. It was kinda crazy, right?, Jain smiled.
As the then-chair of NTFB, Jain knew well it takes 32,000 volunteers to help get 90 million meals to the communities the nonprofit serves. Jain posed the problem to friend Patrick Brandt cofounded a labor management company called Shiftsmart. It connects companies with skilled workers who are able to sign up for shifts at multiple employers.
Waiting is just not their style. When COVID-19 upended life in North Texas more than a year ago, many in the nonprofit world knew they had to quickly change how they fulfilled their missions. They also had to create new ones to rise to the challenges of the moment.
Whether it was creating a path for entrepreneurs, finding a way to help furloughed hospitality workers while feeding the hungry or organizing the resources to help the Latino community, these North Texans shifted gears for good.
Furlough to fulfillment: Get Shift Done
Get Shift Done has exceeded every expectation of friends Patrick Brandt and Anurag Jain.
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