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Food Love. For Life. Lisa Richmon
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tribe of Jewish restaurateurs and food entrepreneurs have been hunting and gathering meals on behalf of the local community and to address food insecurity for most of their adult lives. These individuals and their food businesses have especially made a variety of contributions to share their love through food during the pandemic. Why are they still going strong decade after decade? What lies behind their instinct to feed others in ways that go well beyond the walls of their restaurant or stands at local farmer’s market?
CHARLES GREENWOOD, BAGELNUTZ AND BRUTTI’S CATERING It’s easy for me to recognize the importance of giving and sharing when I consider all the humans in our world that are struggling to survive every day. Perhaps more importantly I don’t understand and find it impossible to accept how many people in our community, our world could care less about people who are at risk. Sharing and giving feels good and knowing that what I can give and share brings comfort and happiness to others goes beyond feeling good, beyond mitzvah…it is my purpose. I challenge myself every day to grow and be successful because it fuels and feeds my desire and mission to give and help others. You asked what keeps me coming back? I guess because I will never be satisfied and will never accept that “enough is enough.” That’s why I’m focused on building a BagelNUTZ factory…to help fund my purpose, my mission of giving well beyond my days.
Among Greenhood’s contributions, Brutti’s has fed breakfast to First Responders through Ohef Sholom Temple’s Love Thy Neighbor program and lunch to the congregation’s Soup Kitchen’s guests.
JERRY METLSNER, NO FRILL GRILL I have been very lucky to be part of our great community, not self-serving, but serving… and serving more than just food, creating a space for our customers to gather with their friends and family to share all life has to offer…that’s what we provide. Among Meltsner’s contributions, No Frill Grill has fed dinner to overnight guests of NEST, Norfolk Emergency Shelter Team, as well as provided meals for ForKids, Begin Again, and Park Place School.
JOHN STEIN, BAKER’S CRUST AND NEIGHBORHOOD HARVEST Serving and feeding the community over the last 28 years has been guided by our mission “Eat Well, Be Happy.” Being a responsible corporate citizen and giving back is part of our DNA and lived through our guiding principles. I guess you could say it’s our calling, we love what we do, and we hope that it shows. The Neighborhood Harvest delivers to 25 families in the food desserts of Hampton Roads every other week for no charge nutritious fruits and vegetables. Baker’s Crust delivers at no charge to the same areas to families that have COVID and can’t get out to buy food.
