Press Clippings

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“We made a promise; as long as we’re doing good, we’re going to help support our peers and the community that helped us initially,”

- CBS SF BayArea, “COVID Pandemic: San Francisco Restaurateurs Provide Meals And Help Filipino-American Owned Businesses” December 9, 2020

“This coordinated effort, called Filipinos Feed the Frontlines, has not only met its funding goal but has expanded its campaign nationally in an attempt to provide 100,000 meals by the end of the year.”

- Asia Media International, “COPING WITH COVID-19: HOW FILIPINO NURSES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES SUPPORT FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS” July 16, 2020

“Kultivate labs has…worked tirelessly to both support small local businesses, as well as serve the most vulnerable populations in our community.”

- PapaLoDown Agency, “Kultivate Labs Seeks Partners For National Expansion of #FilipinosFeedTheFrontlines” July 15, 2020

“In 43 days,#FilipinosFeedTheFrontline raised  $83,757 from 800+ donors to provide 8,300+ meals to those in need while stabilizing 11 Filipino food businesses that have seen their revenue drop 90%.”

— Hard Knock Radio, "#FilipinosFeedTheFrontline and #CancelRent Festival" May 22, 2020

“In every Filipino household there’s somebody who works in health care”

— New York Times, “Why So Many Filipino Californians Are on the Front Lines.” May 15, 2020

“A lot of the Bay Area Filipino restaurants were seeing 90% drops in revenue. ”

— KQED, "Struggling Fil-Am Restaurants Are Helping Feed Front-line Filipino Health Workers" May 1, 2020

“senor sisig is part of another inspiring initiative, Filipinos Feed the Frontlines, joining their fellow Filipino restaurants to provide meals to healthcare workers and food-insecure communities while trying to stay open.”

— On The Fly Podcast, "On The Fly Podcast: Evan Kidera of Senor Sisig April 22, 2020

“Our restaurant might be closed to the public but our kitchen remains open so we can still help the community.”

— Asian Journal, "More Fil-Am restaurants feed health care workers, immigrant families in SoCal" April 18, 2020

“Filipino American-owned restaurants in the SOMA Pilipinas district have banded together to collaborate on a fundraiser responding to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

— Inquirer, “Food fundraiser for Bay Area Fil-Am health workers, seniors.” April 9, 2020

“The ideal result is a win-win, as free meals go to food-insecure communities and front-line workers, and the modest amount of guaranteed income can help keep a struggling restaurant afloat.”

— Eater SF, "Struggling Filipino Restaurants Will Feed Bay Area Health Care Workers and Others in Need" April 9, 2020