Restaurants Have A Long Road to Recovery...
Last couple of weeks have felt like we are swimming upstream against all the press about re-opening the economy and the political in-fighting at the national, state and local level. That didn't slow down our mission:
--5696 MEALS DELIVERED SINCE 3/27.
--39 DIFFERENT AMAZING LOCAL ATX RESTAURANTS.
--RAISED ALMOST $82K SINCE 3/25 FROM 213 DONORS.
Let's give this one last BIG fundraising push and help as many restaurants as we can and thank our healthcare heroes in the process. 100% of dollars raised go to meals.
#restaurantSTRONG #FeedingATXHeroes #COVID19 #HealthcareHeroes
Tues 5/12 -- Meals From Jo's and Wholy Bagel
Jo’s delivers fifty dinners to SDN.. joscoffee.com @joscoffee
Wholy Bagel delivers fifty lunches to both SDRR and SDMC . baodup.com @baodup
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Monday 5/11 -- Meals From Jo's and Bao'd Up
Jo’s delivers fifty lunches to SDN & SDMC.. joscoffee.com @joscoffee
Bao’d Up sends fifty dinners to SDRR . baodup.com @baodup
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Sunday 5/10 -- Meals From Taco Deli, DFG Noodles & 101 By TeaHaus
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT !
Taco Deli delivers fifty lunches to SDRR. tacodeli.com @tacodeli
DFG Noodles sends fifty dinners to SDMC dfgfood.com @dfgnoodles
101 By Teahaus sends fifty dinners to SDN . 101byteahaus.com @101byteahaus
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Saturday 5/9 -- Meals From Austin Java, Lighthouse Cuisine & Cedro
Austin Java delivers fifty lunches to SDMC. austinjava.com @austinjava
Lighthouse Cuisine sends fifty lunches to SDN thelighthousecuisine.com @the.lighthouse.cuisine
Cedro’s delivers fifty dinners to SDRR . cedroaustin.com @cedroscratchitalian
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Friday 5/8 -- Meals From TLLT BBQ, 101 By Teahaus & Kerbey Lane
TLLT BBQ delivers fifty lunches to SDRR. tlltbbq.com
101 By Teahaus delivers fifty dinners to SDMC 101byteahaus.com @101byteahaus
Kerbey Lane delivers fifty dinners to SDN . kerbeylanecafe.com @kerbeylanecafe
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Cafe No Se Delivers 120 meals to @ATCEMS
Cafe NoSe feeds all six @ATCEMS stations with 120 delicious lunch meals . cafenoseaustin.com @southcongresshotel
Thursday 5/7 -- Meals From Modern Market, Taco Deli & Hank's
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT!
Modern Market delivers fifty lunches to SDMC. modernmarket.com @modernmarket
Taco Deli sends fifty lunches to SDN tacodeli.com @tacodeli
Hank’s sends fifty of their delicious warn grain bowls for dinner to SDRR . hanksaustin.com @hanksaustin
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Wednesday 5/6 -- Meals From Austin Artisan, Bao'd Up & Cedro
Austin Artisan delivers 90 lunches to SDRR. One of their donors wanted to make a large donation and asked our help in facilitating the delivery. We allocated this delivery slot to them, but this meal came from them directly, not our budget. Thanks Austin Artisan for asking our help in delivering this amazing tribute to our #healthcarehereos. theaustinartisan.com @southcongresshotel
Bao’d Up sends fifty dinners to SDMC baodup.com @baodup
Cedro sends fifty dinners to SDN . cedroaustin.com @thirdbasesports
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Tuesday 5/5 -- Meals From Texas Honey Ham, Jo's Downtown & Great Harvest
Texas Honey Ham delivers fifty lunches to SDN. texashoneyham.com @texashoneyham
Jo’s Downtown sends fifty lunches to SDMC joscoffee.com @joscoffee
Great Harvest sends fifty dinners to SDRR . austintexas.greatharvestbread.com @great_harvest_austin
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Monday 5/4 -- Meals From Tiny Pies, Jo's Downtown & TLLT BBQ
Tiny Pies delivers fifty lunches to SDRR. tinypies.com @tinypies
Jo’s Downtown sends fifty lunches to SDMC joscoffee.com @joscoffee
TLLT BBQ sends fifty dinners to SDN . tlltbbq.com
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Sunday 5/3 -- Meals From Great Harvest, Jo's Downtown & Modern Market
Great Harvest delivers lunches to SDMC. austintexas.greatharvestbread.com @great_harvest_bread
Jo’s sends lunch to SDN joscoffee.com @joscoffee
Modern Market sends dinner to SDRR . modernmarket.com @modernmarket.
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Saturday 5/2 -- Meals From FoodHeads, Modern Market & Seoulju
FoodHeads delivers fifty lunches to SDRR. foodheads.com @austinfoodheads
Modern Market sends fifty dinners to SDN . thirdbaseaustin.com @thirdbasesports
Seoulju sends fifty dinners to SDMC thelighthousecuisine.com @the.lighthouse.cuisine
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Good Day Austin Coverage Today
We were invited this week to record a spot that was featured on Good Day Austin this AM with Casey Claiborne. @caseyonfox7 @fox7austin
ATX Hospital Meals raising money for frontline workers
Matt Silk with ATX Hospital Meals joined Good Day Austin’s Casey Claiborne via Zoom this week to talk about the group’s efforts to feed frontline workers. The group says 3,261 meals have been delivered since the 27th of March. And they’ve raised nearly $72,000 from 194 donors.
Friday 5/1 -- Meals From Cafe NoSe, Third Base & The Lighthouse
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT
Cafe NoSe delivers fifty lunches to SDMC. cafenoseaustin.com @southcongresshotel
Third Base Sports Bar sends fifty lunches to SDN . thirdbaseaustin.com @thirdbasesports
The Lighthouse Cuisine sends fifty dinners to SDRR. thelighthousecuisine.com @the.lighthouse.cuisine
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Thursday 4/30 -- Meals From Kerbey Lane, Baby Greens & Honest Mary's
ONBOARDED TWO NEW RESTAURANTS
Kerbey Lane lunches to SDRR. theaustinartisan.com/ @theaustinartisan
Baby Greens sends dinner to SDMC . chilantrobbq.com @chilantro
Honest Mary sends dinner to SDN. seouljuatx.com @seolujuatx
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Local Restaurants Work Hard to Support Medical Teams
Local Restaurants Work Hard to Support Medical Teams
The Austin food scene steps up by doing what it does best
BY JESSI CAPE, FRI., MAY 1, 2020
It's no secret that the restaurant industry has been hit particularly hard during the pandemic, with shelter-in-place orders temporarily closing dining rooms and bars, resulting in countless employees being furloughed. Despite the struggle, the Austin food scene has stepped up to show their support for frontline medical workers by doing what they do best: serving their community with beautiful meals.
ATX Hospital Meals is a new organization designed to support both the local restaurant industry and health care workers, created by local entrepreneur Matt Silk and his wife Tonya. To date, they have raised more than $70,000 "with every single penny going to local eateries and delivered more than 2,500 meals to two St. David's HealthCare facilities and six ATCEMS first responder command stations."…
Read full article here: Local Restaurants Work Hard to Support Medical Teams
“We thought we’d raise $5-10K and deliver a few meals. We didn’t realize how much momentum would get behind this mission.”
”The number of volunteers, coordination with other local and national programs and outpouring of support from people far and wide has been inspiring. Our mission is simple: Raise Money – Buy Meals From Local Restaurants – Deliver to Health Care Workers.”
Modern Market Delivers 120 Meals to @ATCEMS
Modern Market bowls hit @ATCEMS with 120 meals. www.modernmarket.com @modenrnmarket
Interview with Traveling Nurse From Elmhurst Hospital (NY)
I shared a video earlier on our Facebook channel of my step-sister Randi when she had just arrived at her traveling nurse assignment in NYC. After checking in with her a couple of days ago, I felt compelled to share a few things after she got assigned at Elmhurst hospital which is basically the epicenter for COVID-19 in NY::
1.) Two Hours Daily to Sanitize, Two Hours to Cry
First hand account from a senior ER doctor whom Randi worked hand-in-hand with during her assignment. She spoke at length with Emily and highly encouraged everyone to read the NY magazine article to really understand the horror of the peak of the outbreak.
2.) We jumped on a ZOOM call and did a little fireside chat-style interview. Tonya and I are clearly are not professional video editors or interviewers, but we covered some good ground about her three week assignment which started just after peak. Check out the video below.
We are so proud of her and hope this makes the experience of our #healthcareheroes a bit more real for those of us on the outside looking in!
Wednesday 4/29 -- Meals From Austin Artisan, Chilanto & Seoulju Kitchen
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT
Austin Artisan joins the program and delivers 50 lunches to SDMC. theaustinartisan.com/ @theaustinartisan
Chilantro sends lunches to SDN . chilantrobbq.com @chilantro
Seoulju Korean Kitchen & Bar delivers dinners to SDRR. seouljuatx.com @seolujuatx
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
It Takes A Village -- Special Thanks For Supporting ATX Hospital Meals
Many folks far and wide have been reaching out and pitching into the ATX Hospital Meals mission wherever and however they can. I wanted to re-cap a handful of companies that offered their support intheir own creative way.
1.) ATX KIT launches to boost Austin CPG startups, donate to hospitals
“[Christa Freeland] and co-founder Julian Dussan, who is also co-founder of Snack Jack, launched ATX KIT earlier in April. The concept is simple: Consumers can purchase a $49 or $99 kit that comes with a curated selection of foods from Austin companies… ATX KIT takes 10% of each sale to make kits for local hospitals, which it will distribute through ATX Hospital Meals….” @atx.kit
Read article here: ATX KIT launches to boost Austin CPG startups, donate to hospitals
2.) Shop LC where our purpose is Delivering Joy 24/7/365. Whether you're shopping for beautiful jewelry, trendy new accessories, skincare products, home décor or more, you’ll love our products.
Reached out to us and donated masks to keep our volunteers (especially our drivers) safe while we tackle this mission. @shoplctv
3.) JP's Pancake Company Austin's 1st Pancake Food Truck 🥞 OPEN 5PM-11PM, M-Sa.
(curbside or takeout only) . jpspancakecompany.com @jpspancakecompany
If you are a dessert and pancake fan you gotta go meet JP! Buy some merch as he is supporting ATX Hospital Meals!! One of our missions is to help restaurants, so when they reached out to us to support our fundraising, we wanted to show the love right back.
So many more are reaching out each day, we’ll try to package them up occasionally in posts like this and the delivery yesterday from three great companies. #FeedingATXHeroes #ATXforATX
Tuesday 4/28 -- Meals From China Family & Cuba512
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT
China Family joins the program and delivers 50 lunches to SDRR. chinafamilyhighland.com/
Cuba512 delivers dinner to SDMC. cuba512.com @cuba512atx
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Gov. Abbott ‘opened too much business, too fast’ Travis Co. Judge says
Posted: Apr 28, 2020 / 05:54 AM CDT / Updated: Apr 28, 2020 / 07:45 AM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the heels of Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement Monday that some businesses can reopen Friday, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt joined KXAN News Today and gave context on what the county’s response will look like.
Eckhardt put it bluntly when it came to the governor’s announcement.
“I believe the governor opened up too much business too fast,” Eckhardt said.
Eckhardt said she appreciated the statewide response, and she’s grateful for the governor for “setting statewide parameters,” but she says the county and other local governments have a better sense of what’s going on when it comes to local hospital capacity.
“The counties have been on the frontline of this pandemic for two months now,” Eckhardt said. “We have a much clearer, more localized view of what our health care capacity is, and what it looks like if we overrun that capacity. While I agree that now is the time to start planning for a phased and measurable reopening of businesses, there wasn’t a lot of clarity on what those measures are.” …
See full article and video here:
Special Deliveries From WanuWater, MedBar & HeartWater
Today we facilitated the delivery of three amazing companies’ products to all three St. David’s locations.. These companies reached out as they wanted to nourish our healthcare heroes as well. We met them, loaded up Tonya’s SUV until it could handle no more and then hit the locations one-by-one. Please check out these great companies and join me in thanking them for supporting healthcare heroes.
wanu, short for water + nutrients, is a naturally flavored water, designed to help boost your immune system with 10 essential nutrients—including 24% of your daily prebiotic fiber to help aid in gut health and quench your appetite while you hydrate. wanuwater.com @wanulife
MedBar® Snacks represent what is real and nourishing with savory, authentic flavors and ingredients from the Mediterranean region. mymedbar.com @mymedbar
Heart Water® brings you artisan alkaline rainwater that’s sustainable, delicious and full of heart. drinkheartwater.com @heartwater
Monday 4/27 -- Meals From DonDonExpress, TinyPies and Downtown Jo's
ONBOARDED ONE NEW RESTAURANT
DonDonExpress delivers lunch to St. David’s North. dondonexpress.com
TinyPies joins the program with a delicious 50 lunch meals dropped to our healthcare workers at SDMC. tinypies.com @tinypies
Downtown Jo’s is back in the rotation for a dinner shift at SDRR. @joscoffee joscoffee.com
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Sunday 4/26 -- Meals From Texas Honey Ham, 101 BY Teahaus and China Harbor
ONBOARDED TWO NEW RESTAURANTS
Texas Honey Ham delivers lunch to SDRR. texashoneyham.com @txhoneyham
101 By Teahaus joins the program with a delicious 50 dinner meals dropped to our healthcare workers at St. David’s North. 101byteahaus.com @101byteahaus
China Harbor joins the program with 50 dinner meals to SDMC. chinaharboraustin.com @chinaharbor_austin
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Saturday 4/25 -- Meals From Texas Honey Ham, Bao'd Up and Cedro
Texas Honey Ham delivers lunch to SDMC. texashoneyham.com @txhoneyham
Bao’d Up delivers lunch to St. David’s North. baodup.com @baodup
Cedro Scratch Italian & Wine Bar delivers dinner to SDRR. cedroaustin.com @cedroscratchitalian
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Friday 4/24 -- Meals From TLLT, Lighthouse and Downtown Jo's
ONE NEW RESTAURANT ONBOARDED!
TLLT BBQ joins the program today with an amazing looking and tasting lunch for SDRR. Grilled beef, grilled chicken, fried shrimp, seasonal veggie stir-fry, fried rice, pan-fried noodles and more. These meals were packed with good stuff. tlltbbq.com
Lighthouse Cuisine & Kitchen drops another 50 meals for dinner at St. David’s North bringing their health and deliciouslove to our next location thelighthousecuisine.com @the.lighthouse.cuisine
Downtown Jo’s is back in the rotation for a dinner shift at SDMC. @joscoffee joscoffee.com
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
Corporate Giving Program -- Who is Next?
On 4/16 we announced the launch of our Corporate Giving Program when Flintco decided to make a $15K matching sponsorship pledge to ATX Hospital Meals. Many have asked us what that means and how their companies can get involved with our program. OK, let me break it down in words first and if there is still confusion, please see the visuals below where our founders, Tonya and Matt, hit the road with Willow to make it clear.
Flintco commits dollar-for-dollar match up to $15K
Donations flow in through normal process and each dollar unlocks one more Flintco dollar for our meals
In three days we raised the $15K, so the match was fully funded
Luckily we already raised some funds, so the operation wasn’t waiting for these funds...
We bought meals from local restaurants
We delivered to our current three hospitals — St. David’s Medical Center, St. David’s Round Rock and St. David’s North
This sponsorship and it’s match from our amazing individual donors covers almost 3000 meals. which we are delivering each day. The work never stops as there are more healthcare workers at these hospitals and more hospitals to hit. So, which ATX company is going to join next and help us save one more restaurant and feed our healthcare workers? Contact us today at finance@atxhospitalmeals.com
Thursday 4/23 -- Meals From Great Harvest Bread Co. & Old Thousand
TWO NEW RESTAURANTS ONBOARDED!
Great Harvest Bread Company comes in strong for lunch to SDMC and donated half the meals themselves. austintexas.greatharvestbread.com @great_harvest_austin
Old Thousand brought their amazing dinners to SDRR. Yup, smoked brisket & chinese sausage fried rice was on the menu! oldthousandatx.com @oldthousandatx
#FeedingATXHeroes #RestaurantSTRONG
