Culver City Chamber Of Commerce: Today Marks The First Anniversary Of FeedCulver!

Press release from the Culver City Chamber of Commerce:

April 16, 2021

Today Marks the First Anniversary of FeedCulver! Today Marks the First Anniversary of FeedCulver! Today Marks the First Anniversary of FeedCulver! Since Then the Effort Has Served Up Almost 40,000 Meals Since Then the Effort Has Served Up Almost 40,000 Meals Since Then the Effort Has Served Up Almost 40,000 Meals to Help Food-Insecure Families, Local Restaurants to Help Food-Insecure Families, Local Restaurants to Help Food-Insecure Families, Local Restaurants (Culver City, Calif.) Grace Lutheran Church’s long-established Grace Diner Food Bank serves as the distribution point for families who arrive every day, no questions asked, to get the meals they need. So far, FeedCulver has helped support 23 area restaurants, including Akasha, Harajuku Taproom , Mega Pizza Grille, Auld Fella , Quicksand, Taproom Pizza Co ., Chica’s Tacos , Meet in Paris , Novecento Pasta & Grill, Pasta Sisters, EK Valley, Ugo, George Petrelli Steak House and more. Funding has come from individuals and small businesses as well as major donations from Amazon Studios, The Culver Studios, Cedars-Sinai, Culver City Exchange Club, Sony Pictures and the Culver City Rotary Community Foundation. “This has absolutely been an example of neighbors helping neighbors during one of the most difficult times in recent memory,” said Eric Sims of the Downtown Business Association. “And the best part is that we are doing more than just feeding the people who need it. We are helping to maintain hospitality jobs that might have otherwise gone away as restaurants closed. We are helping the small businesses in our community that may otherwise have gone out of business. And we are discovering, like never before, that ours is a close-knit community filled with people who care about their neighbors.” “In many ways, this is an extension of the work we have been doing for many years at Grace Diner,” said Lisa Skelley, manager of the program. “But what makes it special is how many people have stepped up to volunteer, to donate, to support what we are doing with FeedCulver. It has been a very special experience.” Eriksson said FeedCulver continues to seek donations, partnerships and volunteers at its website: . “There will always be people who need our help, and we hope we can continue to be there for them throughout the pandemic and beyond,” he said. ###

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