www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Collins Hill High School junior Christa Campbell just wants to help her community during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak.
Campbell knows several people who work in the health care profession. Some of them are in her own family. Others are parents of friends. That has given her an indication of the demands and stress health care workers are facing on the front line of the pandemic.
So she and some friends decided to organize an effort with local restaurants to show health care workers at Northside Hospital-Gwinnett in Lawrenceville that they are appreciated.
“I think it’s really important to help our medical staff, because I don’t know if everyone knows this or not, but they’re working 12-hour shifts without enough time to go out and get a meal,” Campbell said.
Campbell, 16, recently started the Gwinnett Meal Bridge with help from Shivani Desai and Nathan Eyasu, who she works with on Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Gwinnett Student Leadership Team. The idea is that Gwinnett County residents can buy meals that will be delivered to hospital workers.
Eight restaurants in Lawrenceville are participating in the effort, and Campbell said the interest form the community has been strong enough so far that she is lining up restaurants in the Norcross area so the Gwinnett Meal Bridge can provide meals to workers at the Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Gwinnett County as well.
“So we just started (last) week, but so far we’ve provided anywhere from 70 to 100 meals a day,” she said.
Participating restaurants, so far, include Universal Joint, Cosmo’s Little Italy and Blue Rooster Bake Shop and Eatery on the Lawrenceville Square, Chili’s on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and Jason’s Deli on Duluth Highway in Lawrenceville, Cuernavaca Grill Mexican Restaurant on Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville, Feast 26 in Buford and Smokin’ Gold Barbecue in Lilburn.
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