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Support Milford Restaurants & Essential Workers

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All proceeds from this fundraiser will be used to buy meals from local restaurants for delivery to essential service workers - hospitals, EMS, fire, police, public works, etc. - in Milford and surrounding areas.  With COVID-19 causing shutdowns across the country, the Milford restaurants that make our city so great and that we all love will be facing tough times. Simultaneously, many workers will be putting their health on the line to treat the sick and ensure our essential services continue to be delivered. Let's come together and kill two birds with one stone - support our local businesses and those keeping us safe.

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Who you are and where you’re from - I am Matt Glennon, a lifelong resident of Milford, CT looking to help the community in a time of need. This fundraiser is a great way to help the community both economically and by lessening the burden to essential workers during the outbreak. I work at Berchem Moses in downtown Milford and am on the Board of Directors of the Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce, two groups that greatly value giving back to the community in any way possible. 

Your relationship or contact to the intended recipients of your campaign’s donations - I don't have a direct relationship with the Restaurants or Essential Services aside from being a customer of our local eateries and a concerned citizen trying to help during an unprecedented time. My sister is a nurse at Yale and I have friends who are firefighters and public workers. Thus far I have reached out to Milford Fire, Police, and Public Works officials as well as Yale New Haven Hospital to ascertain how to best deliver food to them in a manner that will be safe and effective. Once in place, I will be reaching out to various restaurants to coordinate food orders. The intent is to try and spread orders among as many Milford Restaurants as possible.

A clear explanation of how the donations will be spent - The intent is to use 100% of the donations to support local restaurants by buying meals from them, and delivering those meals to essential service providers to lessen their burden during the virus outbreak. In the unlikely event there are unspent funds, anything left over will be donated to a charity that is supporting laid off restaurant workers or essential service providers.

Your plan to get the campaign’s donations to the intended recipient(s) - I will be coordinating orders with restaurants and delivery to the essential services. All receipts will be posted as updates. Given the logistical issues and time-sensitivity of the ongoing outbreak, it is possible that I will be personally advancing the raised money in order to expedite the relief provided.
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    • $100 
    • 4 yrs
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Matthew Dennis
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Milford, CT

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