It’s times like these that can bring out the best or worst in people. And thankfully, we’ve seen so many amazing campaigns and initiatives set up for the community to help one another. From platforms that support local businesses to ground-up movements lending a hand to neighbours, there are plenty of ways to get involved, give back, and pay it forward. Besides delivering surprise meals and care packages to your loved ones, you can stretch beyond your immediate circle to aid those in need – or show appreciation for individuals on the frontline. These restaurants are already doing it.
Sum Yi Tai
Help a neighbour during this time of crisis by purchasing $25 cash vouchers from the Cantonese joint. These won’t expire and can be used for delivery right now or dine-in dishes when the circuit breaker is lifted. For every voucher, Sum Yi Tai will donate a meal to The Food Bank Singapore for hungry families.
Sum Yi Tai
Chao Chao Gyoza
Join the brand’s initiative to feed the children and employees of Chen Su Lan Methodist Children’s Home, as they are stuck indoors during the circuit breaker season. Simply pledge $5 to sponsor a bento box (worth $10-$12) and the Japanese restaurant will top up the rest.
Chao Chao Gyoza
PastaMania
With Ramadan looking a little different this year, PastaMania is chipping in to help by donating a plate of pasta to needy Muslim families with every Family Feast pack sold. These $55 bundles contain four pasta dishes and four drinks – fit for the whole fam.
PastaMania
The Peranakan
Its business may not be doing so well, but The Peranakan is still determined to feed healthcare heroes and the needy. So far, it has sent hundreds of bento boxes and bubble tea drinks to staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and The National Kidney Foundation, as well as the elderly living in rental flats at Lengkok Bahru and former Sungei Road Thieves’ Market vendors. To support the cause, adopt a bento at $5 (usual price $15) or bubble tea at $2 (usual price $5).
The Peranakan
Sixteen Ounces Bistro
The craft beer spot has donated pizzas to hospitals and quarantine centres for medical and cleaning frontline staff since the pandemic broke out. If you’d like to pay it forward, add a note in your order to indicate what you’d like to give. Larger donations can contact the eatery directly via email at hello@sixteenouncesbistro.com.
Sixteen Ounces Bistro
Lowercase
Want to bless the elderly folks of Selegie House estate together with this cafe? Order up a storm for your family. Lowercase will give away free Japanese rice bowls and flatbread pizza to its neighbouring residents in the area, donating one meal for every Family Bundle ($48) and two meals for every 73 platter ($88) sold. We may not be able to connect with these folks physically, but we can still warm their hearts by showing them a little love. Just give the cafe a heads up if you’d like to co-sponsor additional food as well ($5, usual price $10).
Lowercase
Penang Place
Hats off to the peeps at Penang Place for donating hundreds of char kway teow packets to healthcare workers at the Singapore General Hospital and National Centre for Infectious Diseases. Supporting the restaurant’s good work is as simple as ordering a meal from them via email (catering@penangplace.com) or phone (+65 6467 7003).
Penang Place
Wooloomooloo Steakhouse
The steak restaurant has dedicated its efforts to thank healthcare workers by delivering 200 snack packs to Alexandra Hospital staff every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Pitch in by getting your meals from the business to keep it going. Delivery and takeaway are available on those same days.
Wooloomooloo Steakhouse
Belanja Eat
Kind-hearted souls can give a free meal and support hawkers at the same time. Just scroll down this list to find participating names in the pay it forward programme or check your nearest hawker centre for businesses that display the Belanja Eat posters. Next, all you have to do is head over to the stall, pay the owner for an extra meal, and draw a circle on the poster. Anyone in need can approach these stalls for food, no questions asked.
Belanja Eat
Straits Clan Community Kitchen
Partnering with the Collective of Migrant Efforts (COME) for its #HomeForAll campaign with multiple NGOs, the initiative seeks to provide for migrant workers in Singapore. Every donation to the fundraiser campaign will go towards providing 20,000 workers with food for 10 days. And Straits Clan, led by chefs Daniel Sia and Damian D’Silva, is committed to providing 450 meals per day, seven days a week, for two dormitories.
Straits Clan Community Kitchen
Fave’s Gift A Meal
Pretty much what the name suggests, the charity campaign by Fave lets you donate meal vouchers to those who have been hit hard by the pandemic. Just head online or check out the app and choose from the #GiftAMeal collection of participating eateries. The platform will then match your donations to meal requests, and both parties can share anonymous notes to encourage or thank one another. Brands on the list include Monster Curry, Penang Culture, A-One Claypot House and Sakae Sushi.
Gift A Meal
Helping Hands
Have a heart for underprivileged children? Join the movement to pay it forward for the kids and their families. Every $8 donation will see Helping Hands purchase meals from local restaurants to distribute to those in need.
Helping Hands
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