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Queens Feeds Hospitals joins forces with Frontline Foods and Chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
aacevedo@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Queens Feeds Hospitals (QFH), a western
Photo courtesy of Frontline Foods Queens
Queens grassroots and volunteer-led
organization that set out to feed frontline
medical workers amid the COVID-19
outbreak, has joined forces with Frontline
Foods and José Andrés’ World Central
Kitchen.
QFH has raised more than $115,000
through Queens residents, local businesses
and supporters from around the country,
and served more than 8,500 meals in
six Queens hospitals by partnering with
more than 28 restaurants.
Th e hospitals they serve are Mt. Sinai-
Queens, NYC Health + Hospitals/
Elmhurst Hospital, NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens, Flushing Hospital,
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and St.
John’s Episcopal Hospital.
Th e organization was created by western
Queens community leaders including
founding member and organizer Evie
Hantzopoulos.
Hantzopoulos is an active leader in
Astoria and executive director of Global
Kids, a youth organization that sets out to
educate, activate and inspire youth from
underserved communities to take action
on critical issues facing the world.
“It’s been amazing to see how people
in Queens and beyond have supported
this initiative, and that even local businesses
like Lockwood, Th e Brass Owl,
LaGuardia Partners have also stepped
up to donate to only for the benefi t of
the hospitals, but for their fellow locally
owned restaurants as well,” Hantzopoulos
told QNS.
She said QFH will remain the same, just
under a new name.
“We will still be connecting
donors to beloved local
restaurants to provide quality
meals for hospitals and
other frontline facilities
in Queens.
But behind the scenes, we’ll be able
to streamline payment to restaurants
and have access to a larger network of
donors so that in the months ahead,
our Queens frontline workers get the
quality, healthful meals they need
from restaurants struggling to survive,”
Hantzopoulos said.
Th ere are a number of grassroots organizations
who have taken on the work
of feeding the front lines in Queens and
the country. But Queens Feeds Hospitals
realized the urgency to create a sustainable
plan as the COVID-19 crisis
continues.
So several other groups linked in
order to form Frontline Foods, with
QFH transitioning to Frontline Foods
Queens as the borough’s team within
the larger New York City chapter. Sam
Schachter, a QFH founding member
and organizer, said it made the most
sense to come under one umbrella to
maximize their impact.
“With Jose Andres’ World Central
Kitchen as a key partner as well, Frontline
Foods Queens donors will now be able
to receive a tax-deductible donation and
become part of a critical movement to
change the world through the power of
food,” Schachter said.
Ana Rodriguez, director Community
Relations and Volunteer Services at
Mount Sinai Queens, thanked the organization
for supporting their staff .
“Our staff truly appreciates the support
as they work hard through these
very challenging times,” Rodriguez
said. “Queens Feeds Hospitals/
Frontline Foods Queens takes away the
burden they have to try to figure out
what to eat so they can focus on providing
care and comfort to patients and
their families.”
Queens Feeds Hospitals will keep all of
its social media platforms but will soon
change to @FrontlineFoodsQueens. For
more information and a full list of partners
and restaurants, visit www.queensfeedshospitals.
com.
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