 Hi everybody, here with me today are Lauren and Jeremiah Ganser, who are the founders of the Frontline Food Fund. And I'm going to let them tell you about what the Frontline Food Fund is and what its mission is. Sure. So the Frontline Food Fund is a campaign that rallies the community and raising money so we can purchase meals from a local Longmont restaurant and then deliver those meals to the healthcare workers at our hospitals here in Longmont. So it's a way for us to thank our Frontline heroes for all that they're doing during this health crisis and support the small businesses in our community as well. Wonderful. Besides raising the money, what part are you two playing in getting this accomplished? So before we started or when we started, we reached out to the local hospital to really get their feedback and make sure it was okay and get all their guidelines as far as how they would like meals delivered. So we're leaving the logistics up to the restaurant and just coordinating that between the restaurant and the hospital in our focus is really on the fundraising and helping connect those local restaurants to the hospital. Okay. Well, that's smart because hospitals have all kinds of rules, don't they? And I guess so do restaurants, really. Are you working with particular meal providers and shout outs allowed, right? So we'd be glad to hear it. So do you want to talk about our first restaurant? Yeah, sure. So our first restaurant that we're utilizing is Summit Tacos and we picked it because it's really selfishly because it's our favorite little local Longmont restaurant. Right off Third and Collier by Georgia Boys. It's the hidden gem of Longmont, Taco Rios. Well, it's not going to be hidden much longer with any luck at all. Do you need, do you anticipate recruiting other partners at this point and do you have a line or do you want to hear from volunteers? What's the deal? Yeah. So we are planning for every amount that we raise. So we basically estimated that each meal service will cost approximately $2,000. So for each $2,000, we're going to partner with one of the two local Longmont hospitals and then a different restaurant each time. So we're definitely open to suggestions. So if anyone can send us their favorite hidden gem, that'd be awesome. I think hidden gems is a great idea and a great metaphor for the local businesses that we want to support during this time. Did you have any logistical obstacles to overcome as you were setting this up or were the hospitals pretty open to it? The hospitals were very excited when we brought the idea to them and they provided us with the guidelines to follow in terms of how the meals should be individually boxed and delivered as well as what days and times would work best for deliveries. They're really excited about it and we're so happy that they are open to the idea and gives us a way to thank those healthcare workers. Yeah. Like everyone in this crisis, we're all just trying to figure it out and work together. So no negative feedback for sure. Everyone's been super positive. Great. Well, I think the economics of it are just genius. It raises the morale of the community. Supports local businesses that might be forgotten otherwise. And I wonder was that what you set out to do or was your initial idea just do something nice for the medical profession or what? Well, I think we found ourselves sitting on the couch last week and just feeling really helpless wanting to do something or give back in some way. So we just started to kind of rifting some ideas back and forth and we figured others in the community are probably feeling the same way as us. And so these frontline healthcare workers are risking their own health to take care of us. And so we wanted to not only thank them, but we also wanted to support these beloved Longmont businesses in weathering this crisis of a storm. And so this campaign was like a perfect combination of those ideas and putting them together to reach both of those goals. Well, good job. I'm really excited about this program. I hope that Longmont Public Media will be able to get some video of your first delivery. And we're excited to see this continue. So you heard everybody, $2,000 a meal. So I hope you'll all donate to on GoFundMe to the Frontline Food Fund. Is that correct? We'll get a subtitle on here to help everybody find it. And thank you so much for giving your time for this interview and for what you're doing once again. Thank you, Marta. And thank you to everyone in the community that has donated so far. And we just look forward to giving back here in Longmont. So thank you to everyone. All right. Good to see you. Bye-bye.