CORE
CORE: Children of Restaurant Employees Serve Up Hope in Our Industry
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id you know that a valuable resource exists for food and beverage service operators? It is a resource for any type of F&B operation: restaurants (stand alone, food trucks, catering, hotel food service, contract management) and beverage service (bars, smoothie shops, coffee shops). CORE was founded by and is funded by the industry for the industry to help operations employees with children when either the employee, their spouse or child face a medical crisis, death or natural disaster. The founders of CORE saw a need to create a financial safety net when life did not go as planned and a family dealt with one of these circumstances. Medical bills are the No. 1 cause of bankruptcy, and CORE founders understood that a medical crisis or loss of a home could be devastating financially. An average grant is $2,500 58
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and may cover living expenses, medical equipment, prescriptions costs, funeral expenses, funds for basic necessities and more. Each grant is unique and based on the family’s specific needs. The application is in English and Spanish. More than 43% of CORE grantees are single parents, and it can be tough to provide for your family when battling a health issue or loss of home due to a natural disaster. CORE launched Serving Up Hope, a two-week gratitude campaign, on Nov. 1. Consider supporting CORE through product promotions, employee giving, A Side of Hope POS/guest check donations, sales team contests, tech transactions and more. Operators, CORE is a valuable resource for your employees with children. Act today and post the CORE Back of House poster in your operation. Learn how to serve as a CORE Volunteer: Operator
Brand Advocate to help your qualifying employees apply for a grant. You can also activate a promotion to raise funds for CORE. Suppliers, consider supporting CORE with a donation, or become a Corporate Partner. Partner with operators for a product promotion, transaction donation or donate in honor of a new client you bring on board. Let them know that together, we are serving up hope. Together we can serve up hope when life does not go as planned. To learn more, visit www.coregives.org. CORE is here to serve!
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