The COVID-19 crisis has severely impacted the Houston service industry and put our already at-risk populations in desperate need of meals. The non-profit organizations that serve so much of this population are experiencing a spike in the need for volunteers to meet the escalating demand for their services.
Get Shift Done for Houston was launched to address both affected service workers who have lost their paychecks and provide immediate support for the demand of our non-profit partners, especially with respect to hunger relief.
Get Shift Done for Houston is an initiative of the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund, led by Greater Houston Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Houston and in partnership with Get Shift Done and Houston Food Bank. The program coordinates, schedules, and pays adversely affected hourly workers in the hospitality industry to work shifts for Houston Food Bank.
The initiative provides wages of $15 an hour to workers left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic. These workers are filling the critical roles of providing meals that, prior to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, were performed by volunteers. The initiative uses Shiftsmart technology to register workers for shifts and manages the onboarding, matching, scheduling, dispatching, and routing of workers to perform shifts. Fifty workers reported for their first day of work on Wednesday, April 29.
Thank you for your financial support to bridge this temporary gap for our fellow citizens.
Get Shift Done is connecting the hospitality workforce affected by the COVID-19 virus with local non-profits to serve and provide hunger relief to the Greater Houston communities.
Get Shift Done was launched to employ affected hourly workers in the hospitality industry to perform shifts for non-profit organizations and institutions in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Both the non-profits whose volunteers were not coming to work due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak and the hospitality workers who were displaced from their jobs due to the mandatory closing of restaurants.
When less volunteers were coming to work their shifts at food banks and other non-profit agencies dedicated to serving the food insecure, we saw an opportunity of filling those shifts with those from the food service industry and paying them an hourly wage.
You can help power our efforts - serve the immediate needs of our community with food and also create meaningful work for our affected hospitality workers. Visit www.getshiftdone.org/houston today to donate with a credit card.
For Greater Houston Community Foundation DAF fund holders wishing to make a grant from your fund, contact your Relationships Manager or contact our Donor Services department at donorservices@ghcf.org.
Your generous donation will support service workers who have lost their jobs and non-profit agencies who have lost their volunteer workforce to provide hunger relief for our community.
95% of your contribution will go directly to hospitality workers who are providing their services to hunger relief agencies – such as Houston Food Bank.
Online credit card donations are subject to a fee of 3% charged by credit card companies. During the donation process, this fee will be added to your total. Your entire contribution is tax-deductible, including this 3% processing fee that is charged by the credit card companies. The 3% fee is not a Greater Houston Community Foundation fee.
The Get Shift Done for Houston fiscal sponsor is the Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund, led by Greater Houston Community Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit and United Way of Greater Houston.
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The pilot of this program is closed at this time but we hope more workers can access this program as funding expands.
Sites selected have multiple days of operations, are located in high-need areas, and have the capacity to significantly increase distribution with the additional support.
The pilot of this program is closed at this time but we hope more workers can access this program as funding expands.
Register your furloughed employees as one group through our app. The app can be found here.
The 211 Texas/United Way HELPLINE connects our neighbors with help 24/7/365 and is our community’s go-to resource in times of disaster. 211 can connect you with food, childcare, transportation, and other social services, critical information, and community resources. If you are affected by the economic and social impacts of COVID-19, please take the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey at GulfCoastCovidSurvey.org. The information you provide will be used to help local non-profits understand the economic needs of households affected by Coronavirus | COVID-19.
