Chestnut Hill Retailer Helps Deliver Meals To Frontline Workers

NEWTON, MA — A Chestnut Hill retail center is among five area businesses that are providing meals to frontline workers at local hospitals as a way of recognizing the efforts of healthcare workers in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus.

The Street, which offers a number of retail, food and entertainment options, is donating food to medical professionals at Newton-Wellesley Hospital on Thursday and Friday as part of a partnership between Massachusetts-based developer WS Development and Fuel The Fight Boston to feed hundreds of frontline workers as well as local restaurants.

The two organization is raising funds to purchase meals from local restaurants that are facing difficult times as the pandemic has shuttered restaurants and limited local eateries to curbside and delivery service during the pandemic.

The project will run through May 20.

“Our places have always served as a platform for bringing communities together and that connectivity – physical or otherwise – has never been more important than it is today. We’re honored to be able to rally our network across Greater Boston in support of our restaurants and out of our sincerest gratitude for the courageous efforts of the healthcare community,” Maggie Smith, head of marketing at WS Development, said in a statement.

The effort hopes to provide 500 meals to healthcare workers at five different hospitals, including Newton-Wellesley and Massachusetts General. According to a news release, 100 percent of the donations will go toward the purchase of meals. Donations can also be made at Fuel The Fight Boston’s Go Fund Me page, where donors are asked to select the medical facility and hospital in the “referred by” drop down menu.

“We are so pleased to be teaming up with WS Development to expand our efforts and reach new hospitals and restaurants. It has been amazing to see how willing people are to give back and WS Development has gone above and beyond,” Fuel the Fight Boston Co-Founder, Julia Gutierrez said in the news release.