Parleaux Beer Lab Gives Back After Team Member Receives Assistance
An afternoon of giving back raises critical funds to help pay housing and rent utilities for local food service workers.
Thank you to Attendees, Sponsors, and Volunteers for the Grateful Gratitude Experience!
On Sunday, March 31st, Parleux Beer Lab in New Orleans, hosted music and food lovers for an afternoon supporting Giving Kitchen & our fellow food and beverage service industry peers.
Special Event Sponsors that made this fundraiser possible :
A musical journey into the Grateful Dead by NOLA locals, The Kaiyotes.
Food by Open Fire Co, a culinary exploration into cooking over an open fire and Oysters by Bright Side Oysters.
Craft Beer by Parleaux Beer Lab
Giving Kitchen Supports Your Staff
Giving Kitchen holds a very special place with Parleaux as the organization supported our own team member, and loved front of house staffer, Wesley when he was out with a serious medical condition.
Wesley was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021 and had a successful brain surgery to remove the tumor. Fast forward to 2022, he started having more vision problems and had to have a second brain surgery. It was supposed to be a quick and easy surgery, but when Wesley woke up, half his vision was gone. Later that day, Wesley had a third brain surgery that led to a very long recovery and left him out of work for many weeks.
Wesley didn’t know what to do, and he knew from his first brain surgery last year, that missing out on income for two months could drain all their savings which could put his family in a serious financial hardship. — And, as if this surgery wasn’t causing enough changes, while Wesley was recovering, his wife surprisingly told him they were expecting their first child!
“Rent doesn’t stop when you have a hardship.”
As he returned to work during a slow summer season, Wesley remembered Giving Kitchen, an organization helping Georgia food service workers while working in Columbus, and he researched that they had expanded nationally and now supported Louisiana food service workers.
Wesley asked for help from Giving Kitchen and received financial assistance for two months of rent and utilities. Giving Kitchen’s support helped Wesley’s family not be put in a vulnerable situation for the upcoming hurricane season.
“ When you donate to Giving Kitchen you support food service workers like me and my family — my wife, my puppy and my baby. There’s a face to it all. It’s your server, your bartender, and your cook that receives your support. ”
Create Your Own Fundraising Event
Create your own special event like Grateful Gratitude at a brewery with your culinary favorites to raise critical funds where $XX for every ticket sold can benefit Giving Kitchen.
Contact Giving Kitchen’s Partnership & Outreach Team to get started:
Sr. Director of Field Operations, Leah Melnick at leah@thegivingkitchen.org
Director of Partnerships & Outreach, Sean Palani at sean.palani@thegivingkitchen.org