Rick Bayless Unveils Effort to Provide Laid-Off Restaurants Workers With Jobs | Eater Chicago

"A Rosemont-based foodservice distributor that partnered with chef Rick Bayless to scale a relief effort for laid-off restaurant workers, initially making a one-time food donation that was expanded into a larger program. An anonymous donor’s $250,000 was used to purchase groceries from the distributor, which now supplies items that are organized into boxes for distribution across Chicago. The distributor is also involved operationally in the initiative and its leadership says the funds on hand can sustain the program for roughly eight to ten weeks while the organization seeks additional support from foundations and manufacturers." - Elias Cepeda