Columbus Dispatch: Letters to the Editor
At Service!, a relief organization for hospitality workers, we’d like to remind everyone to remain civil this holiday season as the U.S. is in the midst of a historic workforce shortage. As restaurant owners, we’re tired of this treatment and won’t stand to see it happen to our employees (we see you, Chipotle-bowl-thrower).
Restaurant Unstoppable Video
Sangeeta Lakhani is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at Service! Sangeeta moved to the US from India just before she turned 17. She tried her hand at art school and eventually landed on culinary school. Neither paths were for her at the time. in 1992, at the age of 21, she began…
Conquering Columbus Podcast
Service! Is a non-profit focused on meeting the ever-changing needs of service industry professionals, which was birthed out of the outcomes from the COVID-19 pandemic. When Governor DeWine closed in-restaurant dining in March 2020, the founding group immediately…
Service Nonprofit Planning New Columbus Restaurant Incubator, Café and Lounge Space
A Columbus non-profit will expand its service and training reach with a new restaurant and incubator space.
A Closer Look at How Service! is Providing Relief for Hospitality Workers
Service! was formed just after the shutdown in March of 2020, quickly raising funds to provide meals for displaced hospitality workers. Since then, they’ve donated over 10,000 meals and provided several grants to those in need.
Restaurant Industry Group Raising Funds for Employee Aid
The Ohio Restaurant Association hopes to help more struggling workers.
Nonprofit Switches Its Focus from Food to Financial Aid for Hospitality Workers
A restaurant industry nonprofit formed amid the Covid-19 pandemic is switching from feeding to funding.
614Now Video
614 Now video piece about how our organization got started and why we do what we do.
Columbus Restaurant Owners Launch Project to Feed Unemployed Service Workers
Tonight there are 100,000 restaurant and bar workers without jobs in Ohio because of the state shutdown. That's according to the Ohio Restaurant Association. Two Columbus restaurant owners say even if they can't give those workers a paycheck, they can make sure their families eat.
Ten TV's Glenn McIntyre shows us how Samantha Geyser has been a server for 21 years. It's a real love of the public. I really love interacting with people that start off as strangers. The job she loved and the income it provided evaporated. With the state ordered shutdown of much of the service industry inside of three days. I would say almost all of my friends lost their jobs.