Local Business Spotlight: Shared Table Fund

What if rounding up your restaurant bill by a few cents could help feed a hungry child, support a local nonprofit, AND help keep a local restaurant in business? That's the idea behind the new Shared Table Fund, and it just might be a game changer for Anne Arundel County!

We caught up with Monica Alvarado, owner of Bread and Butter Kitchen and the driving force behind the wildly successful Feed Anne Arundel initiative during COVID, to talk about her newest effort to tackle food insecurity.

It's not meant to be profitable for the restaurant. It's not meant to do anything other than help offset those costs so that restaurants can continue to say yes.

The concept is simple. Local restaurants invite customers to round up their checks, with the money going into a fund managed by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County. Nonprofits can then apply for funding to purchase meals from participating restaurants. Hungry people get fed, nonprofits get help, and restaurants can continue giving back without shouldering all the costs.

Monica is looking for MORE RESTAURANTS to get involved, and she'll even help them get set up! And you don't have to own a restaurant to help. Individual donations are always welcome, too.

Learn more, sign up, or donate at https://cfaac.org/archives/funds/sharedtable/

Have a Listen!

LINKS:

• Shared Table Fund