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6/16/20- Food & Wine: Good Eggs: The People Helping Restaurants the Most During COVID-19 1/25/21- Food Business News: Food Industry Disruptors Support Local Farming 2/18/21- Full Service Restaurant Magazine: The LEE Initiative Outlines Projects for 2021 2/24/21- The Whisky Wash: Whiskey Review: Maker’s Mark commUNITY Batch 3/1/21- Food and Wine: Even Through COVID, Restaurant Family Meal Must Go On 3/8/21- The Local Palate: 8 Stories of Women Shaping Southern Food 3/10/21- Restaurant Business Online: The Power 20: Pandemic Heroes 3/16/21- Southern Living: Idea House 2021: We’re Building a Kentucky Home 3/18/21- Travel and Leisure: 4 Food and Agriculture Projects Tackling Climate Change, Employment, Biodiversity, and More 3/18/21- Yahoo! Finance: Travel + Leisure Honors Those Making Strides in Responsible Travel and Sustainable Living 4/21/21- Wall Street Journal Magazine: Artist Amy Sherald, Chef Edward Lee and More on Community 5/19/21- Shondaland: How Chef Edward Lee Pivoted His Nonprofit to Serve More Than a Million Relief Meals 8/1/21- Today’s Woman Magazine: LEE Initiative Women Chefs August 2021 edition cover story 8/5/21- bon appétit: Restaurants Are Busier Than Ever, But We’re All Hanging by a Thread 8/9/21- Southern Living: 2021 Cook of the Year: Nikkia Rhodes 8/18/21- Food & Dining: The LEE Initiative keeps pushing on 8/18/21- Spectrum News: Two JCPS culinary arts programs receive $10,000 in food credits 9/14/21- bon appétit: Heads of the Table 2021 9/14/21- CBS News: bon appétit 2021 Heads of the Table Coverage 9/13/21- WLKY News: 2021 Bells Award recipients 9/24/21- Wave 3 News: Southern Living Idea House Coverage 9/20/21- Washingtonian: Restaurant and Bar Industry Winners for DC’s 2021 RAMMY Awards 9/20/21- EATER DC: Winners at D.C.’s Tweaked RAMMY Awards Get Their Due for Creative Pandemic Pivots 9/29/21- Nations Restaurant News: The LEE Initiative, HEINZ, and Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice announce Black Kitchen Initiative grant winners 10/02/21- Food & Dining: The Black Italian is among The LEE Initiative’s Black Kitchen Initiative Grant winners

MCATEE COMMUNITY KITCHEN NEWS

6/22/20- Food & Wine: Chef Nikkia Rhodes Is on a Mission to Honor Slain Barbecue Owner David McAtee
6/17/20- Delish: The McAtee Community Kitchen Opened In Louisville To Honor David McAtee’s Life Work
6/17/20- Louisville Business First: Announcing: 2020 Partners in Philanthropy honorees
6/15/20- WHAS11: McAtee Community Kitchen now open to train next generation of chefs and serve West Louisville
6/15/20- WDRB: Chef Edward Lee opens McAtee Community Kitchen to serve west Louisville
6/12/20- WAVE3: Chefs work to keep legacy of giving going with McAtee Community Kitchen
6/12/20- Restaurant Hospitality: Milkwood in Louisville, Ky., closes permanently but will be transformed into McAtee Community Kitchen
6/11/20- Southern Living: Chef Edward Lee Is Closing One of His Restaurants to Make Way For a Community Kitchen in Louisville, Kentucky
6/11/20- WLKY: Downtown restaurant closes, will become ‘McAtee Community Kitchen’
6/11/20- WAVE 3: MilkWood Restaurant to be repurposed in honor of David McAtee
6/9/20- FSR: The LEE Initiative Announces Summer Meal Program 8/13/21- The Business Journals: The LEE Initiative to support culinary arts program at two local schools

RESTAURANT WORKERS RELIEF PROGRAM NEWS

NATIONAL COVERAGE

4/10/20- Eater: Chef Ed Lee’s Fight to Feed Restaurant Workers Across America
4/10/20- Texas Monthly Online: Feeding Those Who Feed Us
4/9/20- Bon Appetit Online: Closures, Takeout, and Relief Efforts: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Handling Coronavirus
4/9/20- Yahoo Lifestyle: Closures, Takeout, and Relief Efforts: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Handling Coronavirus
4/9/20- Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation: Resources for Restaurants and Workers Coping with the COVID-19 Emergency
4/9/20- Shondaland: The Chefs Giving Back During COVID-19
4/8/20- Bravo TV Online: The Top Chef Community Is Rallying to Aid Restaurants Amid COVID-19
4/8/20- Food & Wine: As Restaurants Close, Some Are Becoming Food Pantries
4/8/20- The New York Times: Is My Takeout Risking Lives or Saving Restaurants?
4/7/20- Condé Nast Traveler: How to Support Los Angeles Small Businesses During COVID-19
4/7/20- Fortune Online: Big liquor brands are sponsoring relief programs for bar and restaurant industry workers
4/7/20- News Parliament: Liquor brands are sponsoring relief programs for bar and restaurant industry workers
4/7/20- Liquor.com: How American Bartenders Are Supporting Each Other Right Now
4/7/20- Restaurant Hospitality: Where restaurant workers can get financial help during the coronavirus crisis
4/6/20- MSNBC: NYC Restaurant Owner Feeding Laid Off Hospitality Workers
4/6/20- Ming.com: COVID-19 Updates from Chef Tsai
4/5/20- Great Taste Magazine Online: Chef Advocacy Tools and Information
4/4/20- Food and Dining Online: LEE Initiative’s Restaurant Workers Relief Program expands, awards four “Grants for Good”
4/3/20- SOMM Films: A Chef’s Voyage
4/3/20- FSR Magazine Online: The Lee Initiative Hands Out Grants to Help Restaurant Relief Programs
4/3/20- The Org: The Companies Supporting The Fight Against Covid-19
4/2/20- MSN: Ghost Kitchen: Restaurant Gets Help From Community During Coronavirus Pandemic
4/2/20- AOL.com: 14 easy cocktails you can make at home with what’s already in your pantry
4/2/20- Forbes Online: Hospitality Heroes: Chefs Feeding Thousands Of Furloughed Restaurant Workers Nationwide
4/2/20- Thrillist: How I Transformed My Restaurant Into a Food Bank
4/1/20- Business Insider: Maker’s Mark has teamed up with chefs across the US to help feed and support hospitality workers furloughed from the coronavirus pandemic
4/1/20- MSN Lifestyle: Maker’s Mark has teamed up with chefs across the US to help feed and support hospitality workers furloughed from the coronavirus pandemic
4/1/20- VICE: Laid-Off Restaurant Workers Are Helping Each Other When No One Else Will
4/1/20 (Updated)- VinePair Online: How to Give Back to Hospitality Professionals Impacted by Covid-19
4/1/20- Sports Illustrated Online: Watson Continues to Give Back
3/31/20- Bloomberg Online: Liquor Brands Stir Up Support for a Shaken Bartending Community
3/31/20- BloombergQuint: Liquor Brands Stir Up Support for a Shaken Bartending Community
3/31/20- Bon Appetit Online: Closures, Takeout, and Relief Efforts: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Handling Coronavirus
3/31/20- Yahoo! Lifestyle: Closures, Takeout, and Relief Efforts: How Food Businesses Nationwide Are Handling Coronavirus
3/31/20- TASTE: What to Cook, How to Give
3/31/20- Thrillist: Ghost Kitchen: Restaurant Gets Help From Community During Coronavirus Pandemic
3/30/20- Horizon Beverage: Up-to-Date Information for Hospitality, Restaurant, and Beverage Industries COVID-19 Support and Relief Efforts
3/30/20- EATER: Paying Restaurants to Feed the Needy
3/30/20- Vanity Fair Online: “We’re Good in Mayhem”: Why—And How—The Coronavirus Outbreak Has the World’s Chefs Springing Into Action
3/27/20- Daily Beast: Financial Plan of Action for Out-of-Work Bar Staff
3/27/20- Sports Illustrated: Deshaun Watson donates meals to Houston hospitality workers who lost their jobs
3/28/20- MSN.com: Texans QB Deshaun Watson donates meals to Houston hospitality workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19
3/27/20- Osirispod.com: Edward Lee — Restaurant Workers Relief Program
3/27/20- The Blue Grass Situation: The Shift List — Restaurant Workers Relief Program
3/26/20- Behind the Business Blog: The Lee Initiative’s Restaurant Workers Relief Program Expands Nationally
3/26/20- Wine Spectator: Updated: Chefs Rev into High Gear with Coronavirus Relief
3/25/20- Biz Bash: Industry News: BizBash Kicks Off a ‘Conversations from the Inside’ Virtual Discussion Series Surrounding COVID-19, Random House Launches a New Virtual Event Series, and More
3/25/20- Grub Street: To Save Their Industry, Restaurant Owners Get Organized
3/25/20- Modern Restaurant Management: MRM Restaurant Survival Guide, Part Three
3/25/20- Times of News: Coronavirus Impact: Nearly Half Of Americans Are Told To Stay Home And Facebook Tries To Keep The Lights On
3/24/20- The Bourbon Blog: Chef Edward Lee The Lee Initiative’s Restaurant Workers Relief Program During Covid-19
3/24/20- Forbes Online: Tune In: Southern Foodways Alliance Hosts Working Lunch Webcast Series To Discuss COVID-19 Crisis
3/24/20- InsideHook.com: America’s Best Restaurants are Turning Into Relief Centers for Hospitality Workers
3/24/20- The Houston Chronicle Online: America’s Best Restaurants are Turning Into Relief Centers for Hospitality Workers
3/24/20- The Middletown Press Online: America’s Best Restaurants are Turning Into Relief Centers for Hospitality Workers
3/24/20- ThePlate.com: Edward Lee Launches a National Restaurant Workers Relief Program
3/24/20- Steve Dolinsky: Chicago Restaurant Groups Helping Those in Need
3/24/20- The New York Times: Restaurant Workers Get a Final Paycheck and a Meal From Their Peers
3/25/20- Chicago Tribune: Restaurant workers get a final paycheck and a meal from their peers
3/25/20- The New York Times (PRINT): An Industry Built on Serving Others Is Taking Care of Its Own Workers in Need
3/24/20- The World News: Restaurant Workers Get a Final Paycheck and a Meal From Their Peers
3/24/20- The World News: Coronavirus Impact: Nearly Half of Americans Are Told to Stay Home and Facebook Tries to Keep the Lights On
3/24/20- Wine Enthusiast: Facing Uncertain Future, the Hospitality Industry Seeks Support
3/23/20- Restaurant Hospitality: Chefs Edward Lee, Alon Shaya and others start restaurant workers relief program for employees impacted by coronavirus
3/23/20- Toast: Helpful Assets and Available Relief Programs to Help Your Restaurant During COVID-19
3/23/20- FSR Magazine: Big Star Transforms Into Restaurant Workers Relief HQ
3/23/20- Restaurant Business Online: Big Star taqueria transforms into Restaurant Workers Relief headquarters
3/20/20- Bevvy.com: How to Help Bars and Restaurants During the Coronavirus Crisis
3/20/20- CNN: Chefs across the US are transforming their restaurants into relief centers for laid-off restaurant workers
3/20/20- NBC-2.com: Chefs across the US are transforming their restaurants into relief centers for laid-off restaurant workers
3/20/20- WHDH.com: Chefs across the US are transforming their restaurants into relief centers for laid-off restaurant workers
3/18/20- Imbibe: How to Help The Hospitality Industry During COVID-19 Bar Closures
3/17/20- Bon Appetit Magazine: How To Support Restaurants and Their Workers Right Now
3/17/20- Food & Dining: Don’t wait, donate to The LEE Initiative’s grassroots Restaurant Workers Relief Program
3/16/20- Food & Wine: As Coronavirus Shutters Restaurants Across the Country, a Swell of Support for Workers Rises Up  5/19/21- Shondaland: How Chef Edward Lee Pivoted His Nonprofit to Serve More Than a Million Relief Meals

PODCASTS

4/10/20- Eater: Eater’s Digest: How Chef Ed Lee Is Fighting to Feed Restaurant Workers Across the Country
4/10/20- Tech Bites: Restaurants Serving Relief: Lee Initiative + Olmstead NYC
4/5/20- Head Topics: Communal Table Podcast: Edward Lee
3/30/20- FOX10 News: Communal Table Podcast: Edward Lee
3/30/20- KCTV5: Communal Table Podcast: Edward Lee
3/30/20- MSN Lifestyle: Communal Table Podcast: Edward Lee
3/30/20- player.fm: Edward Lee Talks About Making a Pivot and Feeding His Community
3/27/20- Eater: Eater’s Digest: How Chef Dan Giusti Is Feeding Kids in School + Restaurants Are Turning into Wine Stores
3/27/20- Food & Wine Communal Table: Communal Table Podcast: Edward Lee Feeds the People 

NEWSLETTERS

3/26/20- WineSpectator
3/25/20- InHouse New York
3/24/20- ThePlate.com 

SOCIAL MEDIA

3/23/20- @Inhousenewyork 

PRESS RELEASE PICK-UP

3/25/20- Full Coverage Report
3/24/20- Full Coverage Report
3/23/20- Full Coverage Report 

COVERAGE BY CITY 

ATLANTA

4/4/20- FOX5 Atlanta: Atlanta restaurant staff cooking up meals for laid off hospitality workers
3/31/20- The Atlanta Journal- Constitution Online: How restaurants are helping others this week, and how you can help, too
3/27/20- Eater Atlanta: Atlanta’s Largest Restaurant Groups Are Stepping Up to Help Workers in Need 

BOSTON

4/1/20- Boston Magazine Online: Donate to the These Funds to Directly Support Local Hospitality Workers
3/27/20- Boston Chefs: Blue Dragon Launches Restaurant Workers Relief Program 

CHICAGO

4/8/20- Block Club Chicago: West Town Neighborhood Group Gives $3,000 To Coronavirus Relief, Including Fund For Artists
4/6/20- The Infatuation: Chicago Restaurants Giving Back To The Community
4/6/20- Our Urban Times: East Village Association donates to three COVID-19 relief efforts
4/6/20- East Village Chicago: East Village Association to donate $3,000 to COVID-19 relief efforts
4/1/20- WGN Radio 720: The John Williams Virtual Happy (Half) Hour
3/31/20- Chicago Food Magazine: The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group partners with The LEE Initiative to transform West Town Bakery & Diner into Chicago’s Restaurant Workers Relief Center
3/30/20- Chicago Tribune Online: Restaurant Worker Relief Center moves from Big Star to West Town Bakery
3/27/20- ABC7 Chicago: Chicago restaurant industry bands together as COVID-19 pandemic hits hard
3/26/20- Chicago Sun Times Online: Big Star relief program serving up free meals, groceries to out-of-work restaurant workers
3/25/20- Chicago Food Magazine: Big Star Wicker Park Joins in on Restaurant Worker Relief Program
3/24/20- Chicago Tribune Online: Malort hand sanitizer and toilet paper takeout: How Chicagoans are living through the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday
3/23/20- Chicago Restaurant Examiner: Help For Laid-Off Restaurant Workers
3/23/20- Block Club Chicago: Big Star Wicker Park Giving Away Hundreds Of Meals To Laid-Off Chicago Restaurant And Bar Workers
3/23/20- Chicago Tribune Online: Relief program for restaurant workers launches Tuesday at Big Star; donations welcome
3/23/20- MSN: Relief program for restaurant workers launches Tuesday at Big Star; donations welcome
3/23/20- NBC Chicago 5: Big Star to Give Out Meals, Groceries to Restaurant Workers Who Lost Jobs in Coronavirus Crisis
3/23/20- News Break: Relief program for restaurant workers launches Tuesday at Big Star; donations welcome
3/23/20- TimeOut Chicago: Chicago’s unemployed restaurant workers can pick up dinner and groceries at Big Star 

CINCINNATI

3/29/20- Cincinnati Refined: Mita’s Downtown Offers Free Supplies & Meals to Unemployed Restaurant Workers
3/27/20- Cincinnati Magazine: Restaurants Rally For Support Amid COVID-19 Layoffs and Closures
3/26/20- Cincinnati Business Courier: Jose Salazar opens hospitality worker relief center in conjunction with Louisville group
3/21/20- CityBeat Cincinnati: Downtown Cincinnati’s Mita’s to Transform into a Relief Center for Restaurant Workers
3/19/20- WKRC Local 12: Restaurant providing hot meals, grocery items for servers, bartenders out of a job 

DENVER

3/31/20- The Know: How to help feed unemployed workers, hospital staff, school kids and others in need around Denver
3/24/20- Denver Business Journal: Full Plate: A roundup of charitable efforts by and for Denver restaurants
3/24/20- Westword: Service Industry Relief Efforts in Denver – and How You Can Help
3/23/20- CBS4 Denver: Safta Restaurant Provides Meals to Unemployed Hospitality Workers In Denver 

HOUSTON

Online:
4/2/20- Houston Press: Upcoming Houston Food Events: Restaurant Workers Relief and Easter To-Go
3/31/20- Houston Food Finder: Help for Houston Hospitality Workers Impacted by Coronavirus Crisis — Updated
3/30/20- PaperCity Magazine Online: Torn Apart by a Trade, Deshaun Watson and DeAndrew Hopkins Continue to be Linked by Coronavirus Giving
3/30/20- ABC13 Houston: Texans star donates to Ben Taub workers, laid off hospitality workers
3/30/20- houstontexans.com: Deshaun Watson helps feed Houston nurses, restaurant workers
3/31/20- Big News Network: Deshaun Watson helps feed Houston nurses, restaurant workers
3/30/20- KSAT.com: Texans star Deshaun Watson sponsors meals for hundreds of Houston nurses, hospitality workers
3/30/20- Sports Radio 610: Deshaun Watson Helps Feed Those Impacted By COVID-19
3/28/20- Houston Chronicle Online: Texas Sports Nation: Inside Deshaun Watson’s week of giving back during the coronavirus pandemic
3/27/20- Houston Chronicle Online: Texans’ Deshaun Watson donates hundred of meals to Houston hospitality workers
3/26/20- Houston Chronicle Online: Food, financial resources for Houston hospitality workers
3/20/20- EATER Houston: Houston Restaurants Offer Free Meals for Hospitality Workers Affected by Coronavirus Shutdowns 2/23/21- Houstonia Magazine: Food News: Energy Corridor Italian Spot Announces Move

Print:
4/1/20- Houston Chronicle: Restaurant community helps feed itself 

LEXINGTON

3/27/20- The Scout Guide: This is the time to UNITE
3/27/20- Smiley Pete Publishing: Restaurant Workers Relief Program Launches in Lexington
3/26/20- Lex18: Restaurant Worker Relief Program serving dinner at Great Bagel
3/25/20- Smiley Pete Publishing: COVID-19 Resources
3/25/20- Ace Weekly: With help from The Lee Initiative and Maker’s Mark, Lexington launches restaurant worker relief program
3/24/20- wuky.org: LEE Initiative To Provide Free Meals To Laid Off Restaurant Workers
3/23/20- Kentucky.com: Chefs, Lexington dining spot opening relief center for struggling restaurant workers
3/23/20- Lex18: Restaurant Workers Relief Program in Lexington
3/23/20- WTVQ 36: Restaurant Workers Relief Effort Kicks Off 

LOS ANGELES

3/31/20- Los Angeles Times Online: Sqirl, Mozzaplex and Taco Maria will close their doors for now
3/31/20- Yahoo! Finance: Sqirl, Mozzaplex and Taco Maria will close their doors for now
3/24/20- Time Out Los Angeles: Some of L.A.’s best restaurants and bars are feeding industry workers with free meals
3/23/20- LAist: How LA’s Restaurant Industry Is Trying To Save Itself- And What You Can Do To Help
3/20/20- Krikorian Writes: De Cecco Pasta, Maker’s Mark Whiskey Steppin’ Up with Nancy at Mozza For Restaurant Worker’s Relief
3/19/20- KCAL-9.com: LA Chef Nancy Silverton Handing Out Free Meals To Industry Workers Impacted By Coronavirus Pandemic
3/19/20- EATER LA: Orange County BBQ Spot Promises 1,500 Free Meals for Unemployed Restaurant Workers
3/19/20- Los Angeles Magazine: People Are Pitching In to Help L.A.’s Independent Restaurants and Their Workers (and So Can You)
3/19/20- Los Angeles Times Online: Line stretches down the block as unemployed restaurant workers look for relief at Mozzaplex
3/19/20- MyNewsLA.com: L.A. Chef to Team with KY Whisky Distiller to Feed Laid-Off Restaurant Workers
3/18/20- Los Angeles Times Online: Relief: Meal and essential supplies for restaurant workers at Nancy Silverton’s Chi Spacca 

LOUISVILLE

Online:

4/9/20- MSN: Restaurants team up to feed service workers
4/8/20- WHAS11 Online: Lee Initiative program expands to 15 cities
4/8/20- MSN: Lee Initiative program expands to 15 cities
4/7/20- LouisvilleKy.gov: Mayor Fischer thanks Louisville faith community for its support during COVID-19 outbreak
4/7/20- Building Kentucky: Louisville chef’s relief program goes nationwide
4/7/20- The Courier-Journal: Louisville restaurant helps launch program to feed industry workers. Now it’s nationwide
4/6/20- Louisville Independent Business Alliance: COVID-19 Local Business Resources
4/3/20- Pints & Union: One of four $10,000 LEE Initiative “Grants for Good” is awarded to Pints & Union to support restaurant workers relief efforts in Southern Indiana
3/31/20- WLKY.com: Louisville coronavirus fund: These 17 organizations get money in first round
3/30/20 WLKY.com: Despite social distancing, Restaurant Workers Relief Program is still there for those in need
3/27/20- Courier- Journal: How Louisville restaurants are becoming safe havens for those in need
3/26/20 LouisvilleKy.gov: Small Business Resources COVID-19
3/25/20- Leo Weekly: Restaurants take to the curb!
3/19/20- LouisvilleBusinessFirst.com: ‘This is bigger for us than even 9/11’: Louisville economy feels effects of coronavirus
3/19/20- TheLaneReport.com: Louisville’s hospitality shines through amid coronavirus shutdowns
3/19/20- TheMessenger.com: Restaurant workers are reeling from coronavirus closures
3/19/20- SpectrumNews1.com: Chef Edward Lee Steps up to Help Restaurant Workers
3/18/20- Courier- Journal.com: 4 cents in the bank: Louisville restaurant workers are reeling from coronavirus closures
3/17/20- LouisvilleBusinessFirst.com: ‘It’s heartbreaking:’ Restaurant relief center set up at 610 Magnolia; Apron Inc. overwhelmed
3/17/20- WAVE 3 News: Omni Hotel donates perishable food to those in need
3/17/20- WDRB 41 Louisville: Omni Hotel donates perishable foods to displaced restaurant workers
3/17/20- WHAS11.com: Restaurant workers relief program kicks off in Louisville
3/17/20- WHAS11.com: Restaurant workers relief program
3/17/20- MSN.com: Lee Initiative announces relief program for restaurant workers impacted by COVID-19 restrictions
3/17/20- 102.3jack.com: Restaurant Workers Relief Program Announced by the Lee Initiative
3/16/20- Courier-Journal: Lee Initiative launches relief program for workers impacted by restaurant restrictions
3/16/20- WLKY.com: Lee Initiative announces relief program for restaurant workers impacted by COVID-19 restrictions 3/3/21- The Courier Journal: An Arduous & Tragic Journey: Louisville Community Reflects on the Pandemic and Year to Come 3/11/21- The Courier Journal: Shutdowns and Struggling, Why Louisville Restaurants are Hopeful the Worst is Behind Them 3/26/21-The Lane Report: Yum! Brands, PNC executives join speaker lineup for May 13 Best of Leadership Summit 5/3/21- The Business Journals: The LEE Initiative Opens New Space in Former Home of Chef Edward Lee

TV and Radio:
3/18/20- WFPL Radio (npr): Louisville Chefs Come Together to Feed Out-of-Work Restaurant Employees
3/18/20- WHAS-LOU (ABC): A program in Louisville is helping to feed laid-off restaurant workers. It’s called The LEE Initiative
3/17/20- WHAS-LOU (ABC): If you are a restaurant employee out of work because of the coronavirus closures there is help for you. The LEE Initiative launched a Restaurant Workers Relief Program giving out free meals
3/17/20- WAVE-LOU (NBC): We’ve got to support these folks during this emergency. Ed Lee’s LEE Initiative, is stepping in
3/17/20- WDRB-LOU (FOX): Omni hotel has food it can’t use because it’s restaurants aren’t open. It’s going to the LEE Initiative to help restaurant workers
3/17/20- WLKY-LOU (CBS): During this emergency Ed Lee stepping up Lee Initiative or by our own world class Chef Edward Lee to help restaurant workers in need 

NEW ORLEANS

3/30/20- EATER New Orleans: Top New Orleans Restaurants Cease Takeout as Local Coronavirus Cases Continue to Rise 

NEW YORK

4/9/20- Brooklyn Based: Happy hour cocktails, snacks and staples for your spring quarantine
4/8/20- News12: 2 restaurants help their communities during crisis
4/7/20- Brooklyn Based: Support restaurants with meals to the frontline
4/2/20- Spectrum News NY1: Brooklyn Eatery Becomes a Food Bank for Hard-Hit Industry
ABC7 New York: Coronavirus News: Brooklyn restaurant turns into soup kitchen to feed laid off workers
3/28/20- New York Daily News Online: NYC community help: Kindness amid the coronavirus crisis
3/24/20- Greenpointers: Gertie to Launch Hospitality Workers Relief Center With Free Meals 

OAKLAND

4/6/20- East Bay Express: alaMar Will Serve Free Meals to Restaurant Workers 

SEATTLE

3/31/20- SeattlePI: Beloved Seattle chef turns Salare restaurant info relief center for restaurant workers
3/25/20- KNKX: Food for Thought: Restaurants step up to do their part
3/23/20- EATER Seattle: Acclaimed Chef Edouardo Jordan Turns Salare Into Relief Center for Restaurant Workers 

WASHINGTON D.C.

Online:
4/8/20- EATER Washington DC: A Relief Center for Hospitality Workers Will Pay D.C. Restaurants to Feed Their Own
3/31/20- La Prensa Latina Online: From serving to being served, plight of US restaurant workers amid pandemic
3/24/20- Washingtonian: Families Need Food. Restaurant Workers Need Jobs. This New Delivery Service Connects Them.
3/24/20- The Washington Post Online: Relief program helps feed restaurant workers who have spent their careers feeding others
3/25/20- The Oklahoman: Program helps feed those who feeds others
3/18/20- EATER Washington D.C.: Ed Lee’s Succotash Is Now a Resource Center for Cash-Strapped Restaurant Workers
3/18/20- Washington City Paper: D.C.’s Hospitality Sector Is Still Finding Ways to Help Those in Need
3/17/20- Washingtonian: How to Help Struggling DC-Area Restaurant and Bar Workers Right Now

Print:
4/1/20- The Washington Post: Relief program aims to feed restaurant workers accustomed to feeding others

TENNESSEE

2/26/21- The Tennessean: How Some Southern Chefs are Lifting Their Voices for Social Change