ONE YEAR OF
FEEDING THE FRONTLINES
We are an alliance of Filipino food businesses and like-minded individuals and organizations banding together to provide meals to heal our community.
In 342 days we’ve raised over $150,000 from 1100+ donors to feed Frontline Health Workers & Scientists, & Communities Battling Covid-19.
#FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines
One Year Later
Here’s how a community of Filipino businesses and organizations banded together for our communities…
An Unprecedented crisis…
The program started with seed funding from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development’s SOMA Stabilization Business Acceleration Grant and the San Francisco Foundation
We were faced with an unprecedented crisis. At one point, Over 1.5 million Americans were infected with COVID-19. Stuck in the middle are our frontline healthcare workers (ie 60% of nurses in Seton Hospital are Filipino) & scientists that will be forced to work double and triple shifts to get people well and find a cure for the virus.
This begged the question: who will help feed them and their families?
A Community In Action
Kultivate Labs partnered with local CBO’s Filipino Community Center, WestBay, United Playaz, and SOMCAN to distribute food to seniors, the elderly, formerly incarcerated, and anyone in need living in San Francisco.
Over 1,100 private donors across California donated over $150,000
Along with corporate donations from the Wells Fargo Foundation, Union Bank Foundation, Brookfield, Kilroy, Boston Properties, & Westfield UWA.
Filipino Employee Resource Groups in tech companies like the Filipino Googler’s Network rose to the challenge and raised nearly $10,000 toward the program.
Artists Get Creative to Feed the Frontlines
Over 440 shirts and totes designed by Bayani Art, Adapt, Bridge and Delta, Sosyal Gal, and Park’s Finest were sold!
SMall businesses turned the tide
A survey we conducted found that nearly 40% of Filipino Businesses have laid-off their staff and 67% of these businesses only have 2 months until they are insolvent.
Thanks to the support for #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines, all of our food entrepreneurs featured in the Bay Area remain in business in one form or another throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jason angeles & ronnie taylor
Thanks to their efforts within #FilipinosFeedtheFrontlines, entrepreneurs Jason Angeles and Ronnie Taylor overcame business closure, became profitable, and in turn, donated $30,000 to the program.
Their donation was the single largest donation in the campaign, and they went on to win the Jefferson Award from KCBS and was awarded the Community Resilience Award by the San Francisco's Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce!
Our food partners were not only stabilized, but they have continued to thrive beyond the program.
Pinoy Heritage (Abaca)
Pinoy Heritage also turned the corner and is now opening their first brick and mortar restaurant called Abaca in the Kimpton Hotel.
Chef Reina
Nick’s On Mission pivoted to Chef Reina and now has a new storefront in Burlingame!
Sarap Shop
Sarap Shop is bringing more meals on wheels as they operate a second food truck in the SF area!
The Lumpia Company
Lumpia Compan is expanding its business in the Oakland area!
A california-wide movement
What started as an online campaign to stabilize Filipino food business in the Bay Area and provide badly needed meals to vulnerable communities became a California wide movement with branches of #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines in Stockton’s Little Manila and Los Angeles Historic Filipinotown.
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