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Collected Item: “Supporting Healthcare Workers with Meals & Food Services”

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Supporting Healthcare Workers with Meals & Food Services

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Text Story

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Everyone can surely agree that healthcare workers are our everyday heroes. Healthcare workers are the ones who had voluntarily trained and continue to medically assist those who need it without discrimination. All this while risking their own safety and well-being during a deadly pandemic. They are no strangers to long work hours while also having to always stay alert and ready, because quality care can greatly influence someone’s life.

Due to most of their time taking care of patients, one can easily see how it can drain their own health as well. Hospitals are not exactly known for their top tier food options either. For these reasons, organizations like Meals for Heroes had worked with food services to help these essential workers with their meals.

With the COVID-19 pandemic closing many businesses as well due to safety regulations, we have also been seeing the same businesses (as well as bigger ones) pitch in with meals and more affordable meal plans. Some places are even giving healthcare workers food for free.

https://www.uab.edu/fightcovid19/impact/meals-for-heroes
https://alabamanewscenter.com/2021/01/20/meals-for-heroes-will-continue-serving-meals-to-frontline-health-care-workers-fighting-covid-19/
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/free-food-for-healthcare-workers

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HST 494, Arizona State University, Food Services, Foodways, Healthcare, Healthcare Workers, Essential Workers

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2021-02-07
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