FEED THE FRONTLINES NYC
Feeding New Yorkers while supporting local restaurants and their employees.
Feed the Frontlines NYC was created during the COVID-19 crisis to provide free, nutritious meals to healthcare workers and New Yorkers facing food insecurity, while helping local restaurants retain employees on the job.
Its direct-response model turns charitable contributions into restaurant-prepared meals, supporting people in need and the local food economy.
What It Does
Feed the Frontlines NYC raises funds to purchase meals from participating restaurants and coordinates their delivery to hospitals, essential workers, shelters, supportive-housing residences, students, and other New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity.
The organization reports that it has prepared and delivered 191,358 free meals and helped 140 restaurant employees return to work. Its partnerships have connected donors, restaurants, healthcare institutions, community organizations, and food-insecure residents throughout New York City.
Why It Matters
Food insecurity, pressure on essential workers, and instability among neighborhood restaurants can intensify simultaneously during a community crisis.
Feed the Frontlines NYC demonstrates how a single practical intervention can nourish people, sustain jobs, support small businesses, and strengthen community resilience.
HRX8 Connection
Feed the Frontlines NYC is connected to HRX8 through Harvard '88 classmate Kate Felsen Di Pietro, who helped create and build the organization with her husband, Luca Di Pietro, and their family.
Current Opportunity
Alumni may be able to support the organization's food-based community response by:
Restaurant, food-service, healthcare, and community partnerships
Fundraising and institutional relationships
Communications, visibility, and community outreach
Operational coordination, governance, and nonprofit strategy