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Help a Food Service Worker in Crisis

Keep the lights on, the water flowing, and the rent paid for a food service worker in crisis with a donation that’s 100% tax-deductible.

Infographic showing how donations translate into utility bills paid for food service workers in crisis.

Your Gift Offers Stability

Help us provide utility and housing payments to food service workers in crisis by making a donation today. Your generosity directly helps a food service worker in crisis and their family stay in their home with the utilities paid when facing their hardest days. You make stability possible when it’s needed most.

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Giving Kitchen, you are a testament to what true humanity looks like. You are not just a charity; you are hope personified. From the depths of my heart, thank you for saving my life, my business, and my family.

– Dr. Sandra Duru-Eluobi, Injury

Pass The Hat: Monthly Giving, Daily Impact.

Passing the hat is a bittersweet restaurant tradition. It’s how the food service community responds to a crisis – individual support added together to make a profound impact – and it’s a tradition our dedicated supporters don’t take for granted.

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Donation amounts and their equivalents in utility bills covered by Giving Kitchen

What Your Gift Means

By giving monthly to support those who serve us every day, your gift could add up over the year to fund:

$5/month (16¢/day) pays a gas bill
$10/month (33¢/day) pays a water bill
$25/month (83¢/day) pays one month of all utilities
$50/month ($1.66/day) pays two months of all utilities
$100/month ($3.33/day) pays one month of rent
$185/month ($6.16/day) pays one full financial assistance award
$250/month ($8.33/day) pays one and half full financial assistance awards

I'm A Community Supporter

Pass the Hat is your opportunity to join our dedicated supporters to help food service workers in crisis. Your monthly gifts add up to make a profound impact, letting food service workers know they aren’t alone – you’ve got their back.

I’m a Food Service Worker

Pass the Hat is your opportunity to invest in yourself and your co-workers. Your monthly gifts add up to provide housing and utility payments when you or a co-worker need help.

“Giving Kitchen helped me remain independent.”
– Zachary, server/bartender, surgery, former Pass the Hat donor

Zachary first learned about Giving Kitchen when he started donating $2 per paycheck in 2019.

Fast forward, after a serious bike accident, Zachary underwent surgery for his broken leg and ankle and found himself out of work. Remembering Giving Kitchen, he reached out for help.

“Giving Kitchen helped pay for two months of my rent and utilities which enabled me to focus on paying medical bills, food, and other essentials that I would have had to forgo in order to cover rent.”

– Zachary, server/bartender, surgery, former Pass the Hat donor

*To receive help from Giving Kitchen, food service workers are not required to donate.