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Brian Fritz launches Livelihoods to Lives
Philly-based lawyer purchases meals from locally-owned restaurants and donates them to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic
Philadelphia, PA – Brian Fritz, partner at the law firm Fritz and Bianculli, has launched Livelihoods to Lives, a program designed to help local businesses while expressing gratitude to people working the front lines in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
Fritz, who is self-funding the program, purchases meals from various locally-owned restaurants and donates them to frontline responders at hospitals and police departments who are helping people every day as we all work together to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to see a video posted on Facebook capturing the positive effect the program is having on the restaurants and frontline workers. Find more photos on Fritz and Bianculli’s Facebook page or click here to access the video on Fritz and Bianculli’s YouTube page.
“It’s important to continue to support our locally-owned restaurants and businesses during this time, while also saying thank you to those who are sacrificing so much for the wellbeing of others,” said Fritz. “Our region’s local restaurant owners are going through tough times as we battle this pandemic. Purchasing meals and supplying them to all the great doctors, nurses, Healthcare workers and first responder personnel who put their lives on the line every day to make sure we stay or get healthy is the least I could do.”
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Meal donations started the week of April 13 and will continue throughout the coming weeks.
“When we got the call from Fritz and Bianculli that they wanted to come here, purchase food and donate to the workers on the frontline, that was the best phone call we got in a long time,” said Joey Fabrizzio, owner of Di’Nic’s Roast Pork & Beef in Mount Ephraim, NJ.
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“We’re ecstatic to help the frontline workers,” added Rita Marrone of Frankie Fellini’s Café in Berwyn, PA. “They are putting their lives at risk every day for us. We want to do whatever we can. Hopefully they keep safe.”
Here are some of the restaurants that Fritz is working with: Macaroni’s (Northeast, PA), Frankie's Fellini Café (Berwyn, PA), Scannicchio’s (South Philly), Di’Nics Roast Pork & Beef (Mount Ephraim, NJ), Kitchen Consigliere (Collingswood, NJ), Oregon Steaks (South Philly) and
Bodega Bar (Center City).
Here are some of the hospitals and police departments who are receiving the meal donations:
Jefferson Hospital (Washington Township, NJ), Magee Rehabilitation (Center City), CHOP (Philadelphia, PA), Methodist (South Philly), Lady of Lords (Camden, NJ), Virtua (Voorhees, NJ),
INSPIRA (Mullica Hill, NJ), Jefferson Hospital (six locations around Philadelphia), Philadelphia Police Civil Affairs Department (Philadelphia).
ABOUT FRITZ & BIANCULLI, LLC
Founded by partners Brian Fritz and Pat Bianculli, Fritz and Bianculli LLC is a law firm comprised of skilled attorneys who have more than 100 years of collective experience successfully representing personal injury victims. The firm provides comprehensive counsel throughout the legal process and is licensed to practice in PA and NJ. Learn more at https://fbesq.com.
