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Staff at Center for Hispanic Elderly are working tirelessly to care for their residents during COVID-19. Let's give back and help fuel them with meals at this critical time. This is also a chance to support our local restaurants and delivery drivers. PLEASE STAY HOME AND HEALTHY, no personal deliveries or home-cooked meals, please. Please sign up for a lunch donation (11:30 am) for 30 PEOPLE. You pick any local restaurant of your choice to place your order and use their delivery service, Grub Hub, Uber Eats, Door Dash, or anything else. In your claimed spot, please specify where the delivery will be from and a brief description of what is ordered. Make sure to indicate to the restaurant or delivery service that delivery must be made directly to the front entrance at the chosen time, a greeter will come out and get the food. They can park right in front. Please make sure the contact, Elia, is called ahead of time by the delivery person to let them know food is coming -- see special notes. GUIDELINES FOR FOOD DONATIONS – PLEASE REVIEW ALL: -Food must be individually packaged. **Buffet style or sharing donations cannot be accepted.** Please NO FAMILY PORTION SIZES OR CONTAINERS OF COOKIES/SNACKS. -Food must be donated from a restaurant/caterer/food company that is monitored by local health inspectors and has passed a health inspection in the last 12 months. -NO HOME COOKED MEALS -Please consider donating both meat and vegetarian options. -Beverages must be in single-serve packages (Sorry, no bulk coffee). -All flatware needs to be individually wrapped -All condiments need to be in portion control packets. We understand that during this uncertain time, this is a substantial financial ask so join up with friends, family or neighbors to help defray the cost. INSTRUCTIONS/STEPS: 1. Select date/time of your choice by clicking "claim" to commit to sponsoring a time slot. 2. QUANTITY - Ideally, we’d like donations to feed 25-30 3. You pick any local restaurant of your choice to place your order and utilize either their delivery service or Grub Hub/Uber Eats/Door Dash. NO GIFT CARDS. 4. In your claimed spot, please specify where the delivery will be from and a brief description of what is ordered - this is very helpful for the staff so they know what to expect. 5. Work with the restaurant and delivery person to provide them with specific instructions on where to deliver-- ***see special notes below**** 6. Deliveries have to be made at specific times as listed below. 7. When calling to place your order, please mention that you are donating your meal as we have found many restaurants are providing some type of discount for your good deed. Also, please keep your receipts and check with your accountants/tax preparers to find out if you can utilize this as a tax-deductible donation. We are doing our part by staying home, but this is one small thing we can do as a community to mobilize and help our communities!
Special Notes
***Please drop off at Center Home at 1401 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622. When dropping off, please call (773) 782-8700 to notify staff that the food has arrived. **Please understand as the situation continues to evolve healthcare clinics will be regularly updating their policies, delivery instructions and time slots. If you claim a slot in the future PLEASE MAKE SURE to check back just before delivery for updated instructions! *On our Facebook page, we are highlighting restaurants that have committed to offering special discounts to be used when ordering for a hospital. Please reach out if you are a restaurant owner and would like to participate. https://www.facebook.com/groups/217259053018656/
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