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[SA] Free Vegetarian Meals for Elderly/Battlers/Jobless @ Blue Lake Indian Restaurant Mt Gambier

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[SA] Free Vegetarian Meals for Elderly/Battlers/Jobless @ Blue Lake Indian Restaurant Mt Gambier
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tightarse on 13/04/2020 - 19:57 files.ozbargain.com.au (745 clicks)
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Stay safe :)

Restaurant owner Amit Sharma and his wife Chetna Rambani launched the free meal service after witnessing the flow-on effect of panic-buying in the community. “With people storing things at home like toilet paper, I realised that those who do not have enough money for basic needs or have lost their jobs are now struggling,” Mr Sharma said. “When I decided to do something I discussed it with my wife and she suggested to start with some free meals for those who are in need. “Stopping dine in meals gave us more time to prepare the meals and help those in our community.”

To maintain privacy, those in need of a meal are able to call the restaurant to organise a collection time. “We started to help those people who have lost their jobs and are struggling and I understand it can be a bit embarrassing for some to not have money but I do not judge or question why they need the meal,” he said. “I do not ask why or what their need is or what happened, I just give them a hot meal.”

Borderwatch news article here.
Yesterday's free community brunch.

Dining & Takeaway COVID-19 Instagrampost

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  • samuraiOz on 13/04/2020 - 20:04
    +3

    Good one. Nice to see, so many restaurants coming forward to help the community.

  • Taegukgi on 13/04/2020 - 20:05
    +2

    Another good gesture.

    Planetshakers Geelong opens food bank amid coronavirus outbreak

    Planetshakers Geelong is operating a weekly food bank service allowing in-need members of the community to have free access to fruit, vegetables and other non-perishable items.

    • mapax on 13/04/2020 - 22:29
      +1

      I’m clearly missing something, why all the negs?

      • dm01 on 13/04/2020 - 23:14

        Planet Shakers are the Red Bull of contemporary Australian churches. Not saying that's justification for a neg, but probably explains some of the sentiment.

        • mapax on 14/04/2020 - 06:09

          Oh, I’ve never even heard of them.

  • virhlpool on 13/04/2020 - 20:36
    +2

    Great work! It's time for chain restaurants (i.e. their corporates) or popular big restaurants of the cities to do more for the community. They can definitely do better. Where are those restaurants from CBDs that generate significant traffic throughout the year normally? Pardon me if there have been posts about them which I've not seen.

    Whilst there's no way to check if one is in real need, I hope that people who aren't in severe need (or financial situation) don't take advantage of this type of help without donating anything. We need to understand that the owners of independent restaurants don't have endless supply of resources.

    • virhlpool on 13/04/2020 - 21:16
      +1

      This survey is from UK but it should help you compare the popularity of various cuisines: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/food/articles-reports/2019/03/12…

    • manumu7 on 13/04/2020 - 21:16
      +2

      Not sure, but pretty sure you can opt not to go .

    • dorian_gray on 13/04/2020 - 22:17
      +1

      I am not South Asian but I absolutely love Indian food, including vegetarian ones.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/04/2020 - 00:23

      What a pathetic question to ask for such a great gesture by restaurant owner. I bet you just think about what you like and nothing else matters in life to you

    • AustriaBargain on 14/04/2020 - 02:51

      At least a billion Indians do.

  • ln28909 on 13/04/2020 - 21:22
    -3

    Do you get a different connotation between needy people and people in need?

    I feel the term needy people has a somewhat negative connotation

  • dm01 on 13/04/2020 - 23:09

    I live not too far from this place and have heard good things about the food there. It's great of the owners to help out like this!

    • muncan on 14/04/2020 - 07:52

      Mt Gambier is closer to Melbourne than it is to Adelaide ;-)

      • dm01 on 14/04/2020 - 10:18

        That's correct - about 13km closer, though it depends on which route you take.

  • btissa on 14/04/2020 - 10:14
    +1

    Well done guys, great work.God bless them.

  • Taegukgi on 14/04/2020 - 17:49
    +1

    [NSW] Free meals for health workers

    The free meals and snacks will be on offer to all Sydney hospitals with COVID-19 clinics and wards, on an as-available basis and within each hospitals' constraints and policies.

  • battler on 14/04/2020 - 23:53

    Free food for me ;)
    If only I could get there….

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