GIFT forward — help small businesses
Dawn Kelly runs a health food restaurant in Queens, NY. She’s a single mom and an entrepreneur who recently launched her business — so new that she hasn’t been able to take a salary yet.
COVID-19 is hurting her sales, and things took a turn for the worse with the recent shutdown. Kelly is preparing to reach into her personal savings, and even her retirement account. She has yet to fire any employees, but she told ABC news that to make ends meet “everything is on the table.”
It’s unclear how long the shutdown will last, what’s clear is that it’s going to disproportionately hurt small businesses.
A 4 week shutdown can cost a restaurant $40,000 and put them in the red until July. 8 weeks would cost $80,000 and would hurt until October.
Small businesses need CASH, and they need it NOW
You can help — TODAY!
We are “GIFT forward” — a socially oriented venture (we don’t make money) partnering with restaurants to offer gift cards that you can buy through our platform TODAY, to be used once the restaurants are allowed to re-open.
That means restaurants get the cash they need, and you have something to look forward to.
To sweeten the offer, restaurants will be providing these gift cards at a discount — we know people are hurting as well and we want to make supporting restaurants accessible
Gift cards help you support restaurants even more than ordering takeout.
What can you do?
Buy giftcards at: www.giftforward.co
What else: PASS THE MESSAGE ALONG
- Get your friends and family to buy gift cards to support businesses.
2. Tell us who your favourite restaurants are! Comment below and let us know who you want to support.
3. Better yet, call your favourite restaurant and tell them to work with us. It takes very little time to get set up with us. They can sign up here.
