1,000 Meals a Day: Springfield Country Club Chef Uses Skills to Feed the Elderly

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Chef Balmer in the kitchen at the Tavola Restaurant in Springfield. Image via fox29.com.

The executive chef at the Springfield Country Club, used to making a lot of meals every day, decided to donate 1,000 meals a day to help feed the elderly during the pandemic, reports Bill Anderson for fox29.com.

“We’re just so used to cooking for everyone every day and it’s hard for us to watch people in need,” Chef Steve Balmer told FOX 29.

The club was closed in the pandemic shut down, but they decided to keep the kitchen open.

Balmer and the kitchen staff wanted to use their skills in food preparation during the shutdown, so they decided to reach out to the community.

“We joined up with a nonprofit organization called Caring with Friends and we’re making 1,000 meals per day to feed the elderly,” explains Chef Balmer.

Chef Balmer said he has a lot of family members not working right now so it feels good to give back.

The partnership is split between those donating food, those preparing it and those delivering it.

“I don’t look at me as being a hero, just something that I can contribute to help out. You should always be helping people in need.”

Read more about Chef Balmer’s food help for senior citizens here.

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