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COVID COMMUNITY FUND

As the U.S. continues to open up, we will continue our mission to help workers in need - will you pitch in?

In March 2020, March On Foundation launched the Covid Community (COCO) Fund in collaboration with Ardyn in New York to assist restaurant and hospitality workers impacted by COVID-19. Since then, we have distributed over 90 grants across 25 states.

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You may be eligible to receive a $500 grant from the COCO Fund. If you’re in the restaurant or hospitality industry and struggling, apply now for a grant.

Do you work in the restaurant and hospitality industry and have lost either your job or any income due to COVID-19? Are you in need of financial assistance?

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WE'RE STILL HERE

As Americans get vaccinated and restaurants open up, the industry and its workers can start a path to recovery. But that does not mean that workers still don’t need our help.

The effects of COVID-19 will reverberate in the industry for years to come - experts say that six years of development in the restaurant industry was lost in 2020. Therefore, the COCO Fund will continue to be here to support workers in need with essential $500 microgrants.

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On May 13th, the COCO Fund hosted a panel of exper

On May 13th, the COCO Fund hosted a panel of experts in the restaurant and hospitality nonprofit industry to hear their perspectives on COVID-19 and its impacts on the industry, current and future.

Together, these experts highlighted several problems that workers in the restaurant and hospitality industry face. Some are new problems presented by the pandemic, and some are long-existing issues that were exacerbated by it. In either case, these are issues that present real dangers to the health and safety of workers.

Unfortunately, the long-standing issue of mental health being ignored in the industry doesn’t have one single solution, and no one person can solve the problem.

What do YOU think is the solution? Type a comment or message us to give your solution!

If you missed our panel on May 13th, it's on our Facebook page! Click the link in the bio to watch.

#TheCOCOFund #SaveRestaurants #RestaurantAndHospitality #Pandemic #COVID19 #HealthAndSafety #MentalHealth

We get so many heartfelt notes from grantees, we w

We get so many heartfelt notes from grantees, we wanted to share their words with the supporters who make this grant-giving possible.

Hearing how our grants have helped restaurant workers in need and seeing how much our followers support our grantees makes this work so worthwhile.

Thank you to each and every one of our grantees who wrote to us. It always makes our day.

If you'd like to donate or apply for a grant, click the link in the bio.

#TheCOCOFund #Grantees #Restaurants #Hospitality #Giving #Heart #GiveBack #NormalizeLove #OneHumanFamily #OneGlobalCommunity

On our panel in May, writer and chef José Tena po

On our panel in May, writer and chef José Tena pointed out the many pressure points that restaurant and hospitality workers face during this pandemic. Between financial crises that force them to move back in with their vulnerable family members, to working with the public every day in a global health crisis, workers are facing constant distress.

Mental health among restaurant workers is so often overlooked. What do YOU think we should do to protect the mental and emotional health of workers in the restaurant and hospitality industry?

If you or someone you know are struggling with mental health concerns, click the link in our bio to access resources. If you have any additional resources to suggest, comment below.

#TheCOCOFund #MentalHealthAwareness #Restaurants #Hospitality #Support #MentalHealth #Chefs #Waitstaff #Hosts #Writing #Health #COVID19 #Pandemic

We’ve been able to give over 130 grants across 2

We’ve been able to give over 130 grants across 28 states thanks to your support! But we still have a lot of restaurant and hospitality workers who need help.

Will you pitch in? Text COCO to 501501 to give $10 or SUPPORT to give $25.

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants #Fundraising #TextToDonate #Giving #Charity

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

Thank you to everyone who raised money for the COC

Thank you to everyone who raised money for the COCO Fund at the recent fundraiser at @seahorseasburypark! It's people and places like you that keep us going and let us help restaurant and hospitality workers in need.

Will you follow their lead and pitch in? Click the link in our bio or text SUPPORT to 501501 to donate today!

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants #ThankYou #Gratitude #NewJersey #Fundraiser #Workers

*A one-time donation of $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

We've all been hearing about it: restaurant owners

We've all been hearing about it: restaurant owners struggling to find employees, and restaurant and hospitality workers asking for increased wages and reform in industry culture.

We've been following these stories and want to help restaurant workers and owners alike be understood. We’re working on a way to shed some light on this seemingly endless cycle. Stay tuned for more info...

#TheCOCOFund #Restaurants #Activism #Support #Hospitality #NormalizeLove #COVID19 #Pandemic #Delta #DeltaVariant #EndTheCycle #Support

These are just a few of the top essentials our app

These are just a few of the top essentials our applicants tell us they’ll use their grant money for. With the Delta variant still out of control and an uncertain future, restaurant and hospitality workers need our support not just for themselves, but for their families and the ones they love most.

We can only help these workers in need through generous support from our followers. Will you pitch in?

Click the link in the bio to donate. 🖤

We’ve been able to give over 130 grants across 2

We’ve been able to give over 130 grants across 28 states thanks to your support! But we still have a lot of restaurant and hospitality workers who need help.

Will you pitch in? Text COCO to 501501 to give $10 or SUPPORT to give $25.

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

Thank you so much to G. from Ohio for sharing this

Thank you so much to G. from Ohio for sharing this beautiful note!

The only way we can continue to give crucial support to restaurant and hospitality workers in need is through donations from our followers and supporters - will you pitch in?

Click the link in the bio to donate. #TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants #ThankYou #Gratitude #GranteeStories #Love #Donation #WaysToHelp

Last weekend, @ardinesxamerica and their friends r

Last weekend, @ardinesxamerica and their friends raised over $2,000 to support the COCO Fund. It's only with generous support from these amazing partners and donors that we can do this work and continue helping restaurant and hospitality workers in need.

Will you pitch in too? Text COCO to 501501 to give $10 or SUPPORT to give $25.

Follow Aiden and Louis on their journey! @ardinesxamerica

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants #ThankYou #Gratitude

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

On our panel discussion in May, several panelists

On our panel discussion in May, several panelists mentioned how a lack of universal health insurance for restaurant and hospitality workers has been a huge obstacle for the industry even before the pandemic.

Specifically, panelist @josetena from @hotk pointed out the differences between the fears of European workers and American workers. European workers tended to be less likely to fear bringing illness home to their families as much as American workers because they had guaranteed access to healthcare.

Access to quality healthcare is not a privilege - it's a right. Making sure that restaurant and hospitality workers are cared for would help alleviate so many problems for workers.

Learn more by watching the full discussion! Click the link in the bio to watch!

#TheCOCOFund #Support #Pandemic #COVID #DeltaVariant #Healthcare #SaveRestaurants

We’ve been able to give over 125 grants across 2

We’ve been able to give over 125 grants across 27 states thanks to your support! But we still have a lot of restaurant and hospitality workers who need help.

Will you pitch in? Text COCO to 501501 to give $10 or SUPPORT to give $25.

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

Restaurant worker safety, as well as the health an

Restaurant worker safety, as well as the health and safety of their families, was a major concern for every panelists on our panel "Restaurants, COVID, and the Future” back in May.

It's important to remember that workers don't just have themselves to worry about - they have families and friends that they need to think of as well. This is why increased empathy towards workers and better health benefits for them are crucial.

Watch the full discussion by clicking the link in our bio. #TheCOCOFund #Panel #Pandemic #COVID #Healthcare #Family #Support #Nonprofit

“Ms. [Brandi] Felt Castellano and her spouse, Re

“Ms. [Brandi] Felt Castellano and her spouse, Regina Felt Castellano, who is also the head chef and co-owner, announced on Facebook that the restaurant would close for part of that same day to treat the restaurant’s employees to a ‘day of kindness.’

…Other restaurateurs shared similar anecdotes that they said demonstrated the strain that fully reopening was placing on an industry that was battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Many of us didn’t survive the pandemic,’ Brandi Felt Castellano said of restaurants in an interview on Tuesday. ‘For people to be this aggressive towards the ones that have is disheartening…it’s like abuse…It’s things that people are saying that wouldn’t be allowed to be on TV because they would be bleeped. People are always rude to restaurant workers, but this far exceeds anything I’ve seen in my 20 years.’”

Be kind to restaurant workers - it’s not just politeness, it’s basic human decency.

#TheCOCOFund #SaveRestaurants #DayOfKindness #Support #Kindness #AptCapeCod #COVID19 #Pandemic

We’ve been able to give 120 grants across 27 sta

We’ve been able to give 120 grants across 27 states thanks to your support! But we still have a lot of restaurant and hospitality workers who need help.

Will you pitch in? Text COCO to 501501 to give $10 or SUPPORT to give $25.

#TheCOCOFund #WalkingAmerica #Verizon #Nonprofit #Support #SaveRestaurants

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

To say we’re excited would be an understatement.

To say we’re excited would be an understatement. Thank you so much to @ardinesxamerica, @andrewtesta, and @verizon for your kindness and collaboration.

Will you chip in? Text SUPPORT to 501501 to give $25 or COCO to give $10.

#TheCOCOFund #SaveRestaurants #HelpingOthers #Nonprofit #COVID19 #WalkingAmerica #Support #Verizon

*A one-time donation of $10.00 or $25.00 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Message&DataRatesMayApply.

Our hearts soar every time we receive a thank you

Our hearts soar every time we receive a thank you note from a grantee. Thanks to your generous support, each of these grantees received a $500 grant to help feed their families and keep a roof over their heads.

Keep the support going: click the link in the bio to donate!

#TheCOCOFund #Support #SaveRestaurants #RespectWorkers #ThankYou #NonProfit #Pennsylvania #California #NewYork

Last week, the COCO Fund gave its 100th grant. On

Last week, the COCO Fund gave its 100th grant. On behalf of the COCO Fund team: Thank you to everyone who supported us in every and any way. See the tags in the image for a few of the organizations and individuals who made this possible!

Now, help us take care of the next 100 people already on waiting lists. Your contribution can make a huge difference! Click the link in the bio to keep the support going!

The work continues...

#TheCOCOFund #SaveRestaurants #Nonprofit #Support #Family #Grassroots #NormalizeLove

Earlier this year, Aiden and Louis Ardine embarked

Earlier this year, Aiden and Louis Ardine embarked on a walking journey across America to collect real stories from restaurant owners throughout the nation. In May, our grants manager @ekbuchs had the pleasure of meeting up with Aiden and Louis in Philadelphia to share COCO grantee stories.

We're so grateful to them for their support! Follow @ardinesxamerica to watch them on their journey! #TheCOCOFund #SaveRestaurants #HelpingOthers #Nonprofit #COVID19 #WalkingAmerica

On behalf of the entire COCO Fund team, thank you,

On behalf of the entire COCO Fund team, thank you, thank you, thank you to @rwcfusa for giving us one of your COVID-19 Crisis grants. Because of your generosity, we will be able to give an unprecedented number of grants in the coming weeks and months. We are so grateful for this opportunity to spread more relief to restaurant and hospitality workers in need.

Help us keep the momentum going - donate to The COCO Fund today through the link in our bio!

#TheCOCOFund #RWCF #COVID19 #Pandemic #SaveRestaurants #OneHumanFamily #Giving

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Thank You to Our Supporters

The COCO Fund is a rapid-response fiscal project of March On Foundation, a 501(c)(3) registered in the state of Maryland.

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If you have any questions or want any additional information, please email us at info@thecocofundorg or team@mo-foundation.org.

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