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Community Apr 17, 2020
Exer Urgent Care workers. - Courtesy photo / Facebook, Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
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Donations purchase meals from local restaurants for critical care workers, urgent care personnel and first responders
As we face the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to support and help the ones on the front lines. “Through the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation we have raised money to deliver food to Exer Urgent Care in East Pasadena and have arranged for some of our local restaurants to provide take-out for Critical Care Workers assisting COVID-19 patients at Huntington Hospital,” said Pasadena Chamber CEO Paul Little. “We are happy to do a little something for the healthcare workers who do so much to keep us all safe and healthy.”
Beginning the week before last, Pasadena Sandwich Company and Raffi’s Catering and Banquet in East Pasadena began delivering food to Exer Urgent Care. Exer works with Huntington Hospital to relieve the strain on emergency room personnel by providing non-life threatening urgent care services. This weekend Food for First Responders is beginning the take-out program for Huntington Hospital’s critical care workers in partnership with Parkway Grill, Mijares Mexican Restaurant, Mi Piace, Green Street Restaurant, El Portal Mexican Restaurant and Bistro 45.
“People and organizations in the Pasadena area are incredibly generous,” said Mr. Little. “They want to provide help and support for the people doing the front line work and this was one way they could help. They also want to support our local restaurants as they struggle to remain open. We’re very grateful to all the donors and will continue the effort until the Safer at Home orders are lifted and our critical care workers and first responders are no longer dealing with coronavirus patients.”
It is simple for anyone to support the effort: Donate at pasadenayouthworks.org/node/25 or visit pasadenayouthworks.org and click on the link to donate to Food for First Responders. People can also send check to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation at 44 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106. All of money collected will be used to purchase and deliver food to local emergency rooms as well as first responders and those staffing Urgent Care Centers in Pasadena.
The Pasadena Chamber purchases freshly prepared meals locally for first responders and critical care providers.
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Chamber will continue this effort until the Safer at Home orders are lifted.
