Giving Kitchen
Non-profit organization · Atlanta ·
Emergency financial aid & resources for food service workers
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970 Jefferson St NW Suite 8, Atlanta, GA 30318 Get directions
Emergency financial aid & resources for food service workers
970 Jefferson St NW Suite 8, Atlanta, GA 30318 Get directions
"An organization providing resources and assistance programs for food service workers in crisis, including bilingual case management." - Allison Ramirez
"I note that The Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-founded organization that provides emergency assistance to food service workers nationwide, has been receiving calls from restaurant workers affected by the water main break; founder Jen Hidinger-Kendrick says the group can help with financial assistance or stability network resources and urges the public to support restaurants by going inside the city, tipping a little extra, and leading with gratitude and kindness." - Henna Bakshi
"Started a decade ago with the mission of providing financial support and other critical-need services to restaurant and hospitality workers in crisis, Giving Kitchen has helped nearly 13,000 people with financial assistance, health clinics, mental-health programs, and eviction-avoidance services; it aims to serve an additional 5,000 workers in 2023 and to double that number in 2024 as it expands in Georgia and the Southeast. Honored as the James Beard Foundation's 2019 Humanitarian of the Year, the nonprofit traces its origin to a benefit organized for co-founder Jen Hidinger-Kendrick's late husband, chef Ryan Hidinger, whose 2014 battle with gallbladder cancer and the subsequent community benefit that raised over $300,000 inspired the request that those funds be used to 'help others like me.' Between the annual Team Hidi benefits, individual and corporate donations, and other community events, Giving Kitchen has awarded more than $9 million in financial aid over the last decade." - Beth McKibben
"An Atlanta-based restaurant nonprofit that for a decade has provided crisis assistance to restaurant workers across Atlanta and parts of the Southeast; it is the beneficiary of a current auction of two floor tickets to a sold-out April 29 concert. The organization won the James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award in 2019. Its co-founder, Jen Hidinger-Kendrick, traces the charity’s origin to the fundraising support her late husband, chef Ryan Hidinger (who died in 2014 at age 35), received during his cancer battle—an early benefit that raised more than $300,000 and prompted a mission “to help others like me.” Through annual Team Hidi benefits, individual and corporate donations and community events, the nonprofit has awarded over $8 million in financial aid to more than 123,000 restaurant workers over the past decade." - Beth McKibben
"I noted that a portion of the proceeds from The Rabbit day will be donated to The Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that provides financial help and resources to restaurant employees in crisis." - Tierney Plumb