The Ohio Restaurant Employee Relief Fund was established as a collaborative effort between the Ohio Restaurant Association and its Education Foundation to provide emergency funding for personnel in the foodservice industry. Ohio restaurants employ more than 585,000 of your friends, neighbors and family. We have all experienced exemplary hospitality, celebrated life’s biggest moments, enjoyed a relaxing meal as well as received a donation from a favorite restaurant. Financial contributions from the general public, charitable foundations, and businesses are encouraged to support the Ohio Restaurant Association Education Foundation to remain steadfast in providing financial relief to individuals and their families during times of emergencies and crisis.
The Relief Fund partners with a variety of organizations to continue to provide financial assistance to help hospitality employees in their time of need. If interested, please contact Info@ORAEF.org.
Your contribution makes a difference in the lives of restaurant, foodservice and hospitality workers who are facing adversity and are struggling with meeting their daily financial needs. The following companies and individuals have donated $500 and above to the Ohio Restaurant Employee Relief Fund.
Tom & Dee Adinaro | Anderson, Wood, Conway, Kaiser and Williams families | Angelina's Pizza |
The Adornetto Family | AT&T | Barcelona Restaurant |
John & Sharee Barker | Emily Bennett | Pamela Blemaster |
Boston's Pizza Marysville | Buckeye Vodka | Bulleit Frontier Whiskey & Ketel One Vodka |
CareSource | CareWorks | Carlucci's Pizzeria |
Carlucci's Pizzeria | Charlotte & Olivia's Sublime Ice Creams | Cleveland Pizza Co. |
Columbia Gas of Ohio & the NiSource Charitable Foundation | The Columbus Foundation | Craig & Jan Cook |
In Memory of Jimmy Corrova | COVID-19 Response Fund for Greater Dayton | Crown Royal |
CS Brothers | CSI International | John P Cummiskey |
Dankhouse Brewing Co. | Dayton Power & Light Company | Dayton Rotary |
Dayton's Original Pizza Factory | Delco Foods | Mike & Fran DeWine |
Chris Dimmick of The Idea Collective | Ken Dixon | Dunn & Bowling LTD |
Dutchman Hospitality Group, Inc. | Echo Spirits Distilling Co. | Ezzo Sausage Company |
Fat Cat Pizzeria | Cristina Findley | Flyers Pizza & Subs |
GBQ Partners LLC | Roy & Monica Getz | Gosiger |
Grain & Grape | Willam Grant and Sons | Greater Cincinnati Foundation |
Richard & Linda Gunther Fund of The Columbus Foundation | Steve & Debbie Hankison | The Harwood Family |
Heartland | Heidelberg Distributing Company | Henny Penny Foundation |
Hinckley Management Group | Christopher Hirata | Houser Asphalt |
IGS | Ingram-White Castle Foundation | Jackie O's Brewery |
The Johnson Foundation | Steven & Carole Keil | Allen Kinsler |
John Lanni - Thunderdome Restaurants | Levi's 4 Floors | Sam Lindsley - Michael Symon Restaurants/Kopplin, Kuebler and Wallace |
Dilip Mandayam Dwarakanth | Marsh & McLennan Agency | Master Pizza |
Masthead Brewing Company | Dennis McCurdy | Lynn McKahan |
Mega Techway Inc. | Montogomery Inn | Barbara Morris Young |
MPI Ohio Chapter | The Team at New Riff Distilling | David G. Norris L.L.C. |
Kathleen Ode | Noodlepalooza - Ohio Poultry Foundation | Richard Oprzadek |
Orthopedic One Hand Therapy Team | Platform Beer Co. | Quinn's Memorial Foundation - Maureen Considine Gharrity |
RAHA Foundation | Jeff & Lucy Rains | Michael Renda |
Romeo's Pizza | Roth Construction and Cleaning Companies | The Jeff Ruby Foundation |
Schaefer | Seventh Son Brewing | Paul Shaniuk |
Matt & Linda Sherman | Silco Fire and Security | Beth & Howard Simon |
Six1Fore Golf | The Edward B. Slesnick Charitable Fund | Smoot Construction Company |
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits | American Liberty Division | Patrick & Jennifer Steele | Steve Hankison |
Strategic Public Partners | Sunbelt Network | Superior Beverage Group |
Taco Squad - Columbus Taco Fest & Columbus Taco Week | Telhio Credit Union | Tender Mercy |
theUSAsurvey | Steve Thomas | Three Tigers Brewing Company |
Daivd Tisch - Michael Symon Restaurants | Tito's | The Trautner Family |
Gary & Racquel Tucker Family Fund | UnitedHealthcare | Dr. Marlo Van Steyn |
John & Lynn Vottero | Robert & Sara Waldrip | Wartel Family Foundation |
The Wasserstrom Family | White-Allen Auto Group | Joe Williams |
Fred, Lena and Frederick Williams | Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Wilson | Wyandot Snacks |
Yelllow Springs Community Foundation | Young's Jersey Dairy | Zaftig Brewing Co. |