Hospitals are closing their doors to homemade food donations from the general public for safety reasons. So I’m raising funds to provide nourishing meals to overworked frontline healthcare workers and putting some much needed revenue into local businesses approved by hospital authorities. #ShoutAMeal
16 April Update – 7 days in, $39,106 raised, 5,000 foods delivered to 13 hospitals!! Read more and see photos here, down in the Updates section. ❤️
Over 100 healthcare workers around the world have died from COVID-19, caring for those of us in need. I want to say thank you to our frontliners.
On Thursday 2 April 2020, I sent 250 muffins to the Westmead Hospital in Sydney as a small token of my appreciation to healthcare workers in the frontline, battling the COVID-19 war at great personal risk to themselves.
The next day, I sent 1,000 muffins to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Liverpool, Concord, Hornsby and Royal North Shore Hospital. Dozer shouted coffee for everyone in the Emergency Department at Canterbury Hospital, and arranged for lunch to be sent to the COVID Ward at Mona Vale Hospital.
And this week, I have 100 meals ordered to be delivered to the high-work-level wards of Westmead Hospital (COVID, ICU, Emergency), to be distributed to those who need it the most. Those who don’t have a hot meal waiting for them when they get home after a 15 hour shift. Those who have moved out of home to protect their loved ones.
I don’t want to stop.
And thus, Shout A Meal was born.
THE MISSION #ShoutAMeal
To provide delicious, nourishing food to our frontline healthcare workers in Sydney, and support local businesses struggling to stay afloat.
GOAL
To raise $210,000 to provide 500 meals per day for 6 weeks to frontline healthcare workers, and provide some much needed revenue into the hospitality industry.
$10 meals x 500 healthcare workers x 7 days x 6 weeks = $210,000
(PS I secretly hope I can raise much more to provide more meals and more business to locals)
Got questions about how it will all work, and around food safety? Good! Read the FAQ’s.
Shout a Meal for our healthcare heroes
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$10 buys a meal for 1 healthcare worker
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$50 buys a meal for 5 healthcare workers
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$100 provides meals for a team of 10 workers
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$500 will be dinner for a small emergency department
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$2,000 provides meals for a small COVID Ward for a week
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Only have a dollar? Healthcare workers are touched by any and every gesture, no matter how big or small. ❤️
HOSPITALS AND RESTAURANTS
Sydney Hospitals – please complete this form to request free meals.
Sydney Restaurants and caterers – please complete this form to participate.
To wrap things up, just sharing a couple of notes I received from hospital workers after I sent over the muffins. I treasure each and every one of them.
Thank you for reading, and please stay safe.
Thinking of you all – Nagi x
Life of Dozer
And finishing on a lighter note – no face mask could have prepared me for that moment when a bit of his food flew into my mouth as I mixed up his homemade breakfast 🤢
Hi Nagi, we found your post this morning and would love to help spread the word of Shout a meal on our site, if you’re interested please reach out. Jo and Jen
Big APPRECIATION from Toronto, Canada!
Thanks Sara!! N x
to my beloved sydneysiders, and to all our first responders, caretakers, and food folks everywhere, our hearts go out to you for your amazing efforts. extra ups to nagi for this opportunity to support internationally. and we will look for ways to bring some of this inspired love into our own communities, too. blunt the curve, oz 🙂
Thank you from a nurse at RNSH! I’ve been a fan for many years and didn’t think I could love you anymore yet here we are. Your positive energy is so infectious.
Big love xxxxxxx
So happy to be able to help such a worthwhile cause. Well done Nagi – what a great initiative!
Nagi, you are amazing !
Love you and Dozer in your Bunny Ears.
Thanks so much Debra! N x
Great idea, Nagi. I am from the States. I will look to see if there is a similar local program here. Thank you for all you are doing. As others are saying, be sure to take good care of yourself. Best Wishes to you. Looking forward to this being over–Mary S.
Thanks so much Mary!! N x
Nagi – great to follow you, quietly, pleased that your imagination, hard work and long, oft difficult hours are getting such good results. Amazed you still got the fabulous quesadilla post out on Instagram and even found out Dozer will eat tofu 🙂 ! But, please find time to watch a movie, hug your dog and sleep a full night . . . please from all of us . . .
Thanks so much Eha, that truly means a lot – N x
Hello Nagi,
Our family has been using your recipes for a while now and they always make us look good :)!
I love the practical way you are supporting Covid health workers at various hospitals and it give us a way to be involved too.
Bless you and Dozer,
Liz x
Nagi and Dozer, you are two of the most beautiful souls I have ever seen. I have been sitting here reading your update in tears. Bless you to infinity – I wish I could give you a giant hug (but germs and all LOL).
Thank you so much Rachel!! N x
Nagi, you are a kind and generous soul. Thank you for all that you do for others. Words cannot express how heartwarming it is to hear all that you’ve accomplished thus far with regards to the meals that you’ve helped set up and the many food donations you’ve made to frontline workers. Bless you and precious Dozer!
Thank you so much for your kind words Denise, I truly appreciate it! N x
Great job Nagi. You’re a very generous person.
Love your recepies and Dozer.
Thanks so much Ana! N x
Bravo Nagi….you go girl. Stay safe, stay strong.
Thanks so much Sherry! N x
Hi N! Your really a very dedicated and kind and generous person!
Plus make sure u get your rest too and stay well!
You always make me laugh when I read “life of Dozer”!
Stay safe and be well N, Dozer and your family!
Thank you so much J! N x
Thank you Nagi for thinking of this and setting it up so that we can all be involved in your generosity. I am honoured to contribute to your great idea. It is a lovely way to be able to say thank you to those who are working so hard on behalf of us all
Thanks so much Susan 🙂 N x
Hi – I see you have Westmead covered, that’s so wonderful and thoughtful – do you go as far as Blacktown, or Nepean?
Hi Sue, more food went out over the weekend to RPA, Concord, Canterbury & Balmain, trying to get to where we can!! N x
Thank you! I have donated and shared, so I hope others will help too.
What a wonderful and heartfelt job you are doing!
God Bless You!!!
Hi Nagi, I’m new this year to your posts, and am having a ball! This Christmas we are going eclectic, a little Aussie with seafood and ur lovely sauce with the traditional turkey and ham and a vertical potato bake! Cheers Amanda
I am a nurse/midwife myself working in a midwifery area – donating myself today for our colleagues in the Covid wards – just wanted to say what a generous, kind and practical idea Nagi – many staff will forgo breaks/meals as they prioritise patient care during the pandemic and will love being supported in this way. On another note I often look up your recipes – you have a great knack for getting flavours right – I made your schnitzel recipe for my family the other night and it was delish. xx
Nagi, I have just come from the donation page and it is great to see that $ amount growing and growing. Only too happy to support your efforts to help others in such a time of need.
Thank you Nagi for what you are doing.
Thank you SO much Maureen, you’re a gem!! N x