Capital Region Restaurant Fund
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The Capital Region Restaurant Fund is raising funds to provide supplemental financial support for struggling bar and restaurant employees in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga and Rensselaer Counties of New York, who are out of work due to a COVID-19 positive diagnosis or mandatory quarantine and to provide limited financial support for local restaurant owner/operators whose establishments have been forced to close temporarily due to staff who have tested positive or are under mandatory quarantine.
Your donation will allow CRRF to provide limited financial support to:
1. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are unable to work as a result.
2. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who have had close contact with someone who is COVID-19 positive and are unable to work as a result.
3. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who are not working due to a temporary short term closure of their establishment due to staff as a result of COVID-19.
4. Restaurant or bar owners/operators in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County whose establishments have been closed temporarily due to a staff member having testing positive for COVID-19 or due to a staffing shortage as a result of staff being placed under mandatory quarantine.
Restaurant employees who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, are subject to a mandatory quarantine or who are not working due to a COVID related closure of their establishment, may apply for financial assistance via the Capital Region Restaurant Fund website at http://www.capregrf.com
Restaurant owners whose establishments have been temporarily closed due to staff having been infected with COVID-19 or staff having been placed under mandatory quarantine may apply for financial assistance via the Capital Region Restaurant Fund website at http://www.capregrf.com
Applications will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. Applications will be reviewed and verified by volunteers and then presented to the five member Capital Region Restaurant Fund Review Board who will decide which applications to approve and for how much.
The amount of financial assistance provided to any one individual employee or restaurant owner will be decided based on a variety of factors including but not limited to the availability of other types of relief (unemployment, paid sick leave, grants), the amount by which their income is reduced, the applicants ability to provide verification and the amount of available funds at the time of the application.
100% of the funds collected will be gifted to applicants and go toward any direct overhead costs associated with maintaining the fund including but not limited to the cost of checks, envelopes and postage. A weekly report will be issued showing costs incurred and amounts gifted.
The Capital Region Restaurant Fund was established in November of 2020 by Feed Albany, Inc. co-founders Jason Pierce and Dominick Purnomo.
Capital Region Restaurant Review Board Members:
Jason Pierce - CRRF co-founder, co-founder of Feed Albany, Inc. (a not-for-profit organization providing at-risk and in-need individuals with access to food resources) and owner of Savoy Taproom and the Copper Crow.
Dominick Purnomo - CRRF co-founder, co-founder of Feed Albany, Inc. (a not-for-profit organization providing at-risk and in-need individuals with access to food resources), Wine Director & Co Owner of Yono’s & dp An American Brasserie, both located in downtown Albany, New York. In 2005 Purnomo was elected to his first of two, two year terms as the President of the Greater Capital District of the New York State Restaurant Association. Dominick currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District, the New York State Restaurant Association and The Palace Performing Arts Center, is a member of the Society of Fellows at the Culinary Institute of America, the American Sommelier Association, the Chevalier du Tastevin, a founding board member of the Albany Food & Wine Festival, the founder of the Sommelier Society of Albany.
Peter Gannon - President and Chief Executive Officer for the United Way of the Greater Capital Region, President of Arsenal Business & Technology Partnership, prior Director of Operations for the Town of Colonie, prior Director of Communications for the New York State Assembly.
Your donation will allow CRRF to provide limited financial support to:
1. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are unable to work as a result.
2. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who have had close contact with someone who is COVID-19 positive and are unable to work as a result.
3. Employees of a bar or restaurant in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County who are not working due to a temporary short term closure of their establishment due to staff as a result of COVID-19.
4. Restaurant or bar owners/operators in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga or Rensselaer County whose establishments have been closed temporarily due to a staff member having testing positive for COVID-19 or due to a staffing shortage as a result of staff being placed under mandatory quarantine.
Restaurant employees who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, are subject to a mandatory quarantine or who are not working due to a COVID related closure of their establishment, may apply for financial assistance via the Capital Region Restaurant Fund website at http://www.capregrf.com
Restaurant owners whose establishments have been temporarily closed due to staff having been infected with COVID-19 or staff having been placed under mandatory quarantine may apply for financial assistance via the Capital Region Restaurant Fund website at http://www.capregrf.com
Applications will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. Applications will be reviewed and verified by volunteers and then presented to the five member Capital Region Restaurant Fund Review Board who will decide which applications to approve and for how much.
The amount of financial assistance provided to any one individual employee or restaurant owner will be decided based on a variety of factors including but not limited to the availability of other types of relief (unemployment, paid sick leave, grants), the amount by which their income is reduced, the applicants ability to provide verification and the amount of available funds at the time of the application.
100% of the funds collected will be gifted to applicants and go toward any direct overhead costs associated with maintaining the fund including but not limited to the cost of checks, envelopes and postage. A weekly report will be issued showing costs incurred and amounts gifted.
The Capital Region Restaurant Fund was established in November of 2020 by Feed Albany, Inc. co-founders Jason Pierce and Dominick Purnomo.
Capital Region Restaurant Review Board Members:
Jason Pierce - CRRF co-founder, co-founder of Feed Albany, Inc. (a not-for-profit organization providing at-risk and in-need individuals with access to food resources) and owner of Savoy Taproom and the Copper Crow.
Dominick Purnomo - CRRF co-founder, co-founder of Feed Albany, Inc. (a not-for-profit organization providing at-risk and in-need individuals with access to food resources), Wine Director & Co Owner of Yono’s & dp An American Brasserie, both located in downtown Albany, New York. In 2005 Purnomo was elected to his first of two, two year terms as the President of the Greater Capital District of the New York State Restaurant Association. Dominick currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District, the New York State Restaurant Association and The Palace Performing Arts Center, is a member of the Society of Fellows at the Culinary Institute of America, the American Sommelier Association, the Chevalier du Tastevin, a founding board member of the Albany Food & Wine Festival, the founder of the Sommelier Society of Albany.
Peter Gannon - President and Chief Executive Officer for the United Way of the Greater Capital Region, President of Arsenal Business & Technology Partnership, prior Director of Operations for the Town of Colonie, prior Director of Communications for the New York State Assembly.
Organizer
Jason Pierce
Organizer
Albany, NY
