. Membership also varies; some groups have fewer than 100 members, while others boast more than 1,000. But the through-line remains the same: Restaurant and bar workers ask for what they need — often food, household essentials, or cash to help with bills — and their communities respond, sending gas money, dropping off groceries, or buying items off of retailer wish lists.
The stories shared in these groups are a reminder of the United States’ glaring lack of a social safety net. There are posts from servers who haven’t been able to get unemployment insurance or stimulus checks yet, single mothers running out of formula for their children, and people who share photos of empty fridges and mounting bills.
There are other kinds of posts and comments, too — thank you’s and hearts, photos of kids who received Christmas gifts thanks to strangers’ generosity, and offers to “pay it forward” from restaurant workers who themselves were just on the receiving end a few weeks ago. “The group is growing every day and people are helping each other every day. Servers are even helping each other with the little they have,” Erin Matuch, a former server and the creator of
I would like everyone in the Pa and Nj area to come check out the group I started back in dec for the service industry workers in That area
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