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Ichingcarpenter

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Wed Jul 8, 2015, 05:02 AM Jul 2015

Baltimore Restaurant Shuts Down For 5 Days To Feed The Homeless Free Food

Source: True Activist

Each year, Baltimore restaurants look forward to “restaurant week”, a time where the city’s food is showcased and businesses are able to get a ton of free advertisement and new customers.

Instead of cashing in like everyone else, Michael Tabrizi, owner of “Tabrizi’s” will be closing his business to the general public in order to feed the city’s homeless at no cost.

“I decided that, after all of the chaos earlier this year, it would be better to do something for the city to unite the people. It isn’t about revenue and money right now, we’ve done restaurant week before and we know the numbers, but right now it’s more important to promote the welfare of the city and its residents rather than to promote the business,” Tabrizi told Baltimore Magazine.

“These people don’t only suffer from hunger, but also from hopelessness, they feel that they don’t have any dignity anymore. We want them to come in and feel like they’re cared for,” he added.

To get the food for no cost, Tabrizi has teamed up with local homeless shelters who donate food and time to the cause.



Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/baltimore-restaurant-shuts-down-for-5-days-to-feed-the-homeless-free-food/

Read more: http://www.trueactivist.com/baltimore-restaurant-shuts-down-for-5-days-to-feed-the-homeless-free-food/

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Baltimore Restaurant Shuts Down For 5 Days To Feed The Homeless Free Food (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2015 OP
Bravo dembotoz Jul 2015 #1
We need more of this!!!! Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #2
Beautiful ! mahannah Jul 2015 #3
great idea. very generous of them Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #4
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