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New York Restaurateur Feeds Frontline Hospital Workers

Aaron Fedor

   A New Yorkrestaurateur is feeding hospital workers on the front lines
   of the fight against the Covid-19 virus.

   Luca Di Pietro owns five Italian restaurants in New York City. When the
   governor of the state ordered the shutdown of all restaurants, except
   for take-out and delivery, Di Pietro decided to keep one of his
   restaurants open.

   On March 19, a customer called and ordered 40 meals to be delivered to
   the doctors and nurses at a New York City Hospital.

   "It made me realize that these people were already overwhelmed,
   anything that could be done from the outside was greatly appreciated,"
   Di Pietro says.

   An idea was born. Di Pietro enlisted the help of his family and
   employees. Together they built a website and launched a program they
   call "Feed the Frontlines NYC."

   "I had a friend to help me build the website pretty much overnight,"
   says Isabella Di Pietro, the owner's daughter. "So we put it all
   together, came up with the name, got people working on social media and
   we've had an incredible response since then."

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