Special Food Delivery To Benioff Children's Hospital

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Nightbird Restaurant chef and owner Kim Alter delivered dinner to the University of California at San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco on March 27.

2020.

Alter mimicsked giving a hug to nurse practitioner Sydney Gressel and patient care technician Matt Phillips during the delivery.

A group of tech-savvy, entrepreneurial San Francisco friends wanted to help two groups devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. They came up with a plan that involved soliciting donations, tapping friends in the restaurant world and getting San Francisco hospitals to accept free food cooked up by some of the city's top chefs.

We'd say winner-winner-chicken-dinner — except we don't know if any chicken was involved!

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