Name: How This Soup Kitchen Keeps Going During Virus Shutdown
Uploaded: 2020-03-25T02:21:06.000Z
Duration: 2 min 21 s
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as businesses around the country close to stem the spread of the Corona virus.

Some organizations remain open, like the chips, Soup, Kitchen and women's shelter in Brooklyn, New York Normally, this is where would we we would be eating on dhe serving?

Normally, we would have almost 200 people coming to sit down and eat a hot lunch.

We give out around 303 150 mils a day, on average, six days a week in light of the virus.

And we decided not to close what we've decided instead.

Waas to take the food that we have asking for donations for sandwiches, packing them up and giving it out to people as they came to the door, as opposed to having them come sit down inside.

I put a post on Facebook asking for donations of sandwich items.

Monday morning at seven o'clock, the doorbell rang.

It was the post office, and they came with boxes and boxes and boxes of donations.

As we go through the boxes will probably find tuna jelly.

Peanut better, um, utensil plastic utensils.

The other thing that's been so nice and remarkable is we've gotten so many calls and donations from catering companies and restaurants that had parties cancelled.

They were ready for a party of 700 the next thing you know, it was cancelled.

The staff and volunteers at chips aren't letting the Corona virus keep them from providing food to those who need it.

We're here, and we're going to stay here and we're gonna keep giving away food.