Debra and Leon Black

NYC Healthcare Heroes Successfully Delivers More Than 400,000 Care Packages with More Than 15 Million Products to 100 Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities Across NYC’s Five Boroughs

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Thursday, August 13, 2020
Food, Beverage, Retail, American writers, McCray, NYC Health + Hospitals, Writers, Debra and Leon Black, Aramark, Robin Hood, the American Red Cross, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City

To further serve healthcare professionals and high need New Yorkers, NYC Healthcare Heroes is also donating an additional $300,000 worth of food and supplies to local food pantries that partner with NYC Health + Hospitals.

Key Points: 
  • To further serve healthcare professionals and high need New Yorkers, NYC Healthcare Heroes is also donating an additional $300,000 worth of food and supplies to local food pantries that partner with NYC Health + Hospitals.
  • Our city is forever indebted to our healthcare heroes for the tireless work and painful sacrifices they have made over the past few months, said Debra and Leon Black.
  • Like all New Yorkers, our family has been humbled and inspired by their courage and resilience, and it has been an honor to support their heroic efforts through NYC Healthcare Heroes.
  • The Mayor's Fund is chaired by First Lady Chirlane McCray and governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Mayor.

NYC Healthcare Heroes Expands Deliveries to 5,000 Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Services Workers

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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Retail, Law enforcement, Emergency services, Pharmaceutical, Other Consumer, Philanthropy, Public policy, Government, Fund Raising, Transport, Logistics, Supply chain management, Other Philanthropy, Food, Beverage, Consumer, Nursing, Health, Medical Supplies, New York City Fire Department, Debra and Leon Black, Aramark

Todays announcement expands the program to EMS and disaster services workers at all EMS stations and outposts and disaster services locations across the five boroughs.

Key Points: 
  • Todays announcement expands the program to EMS and disaster services workers at all EMS stations and outposts and disaster services locations across the five boroughs.
  • EMS teams and disaster services workers, which include special morgue services, have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, working long hours with little relief.
  • The members of the FDNY have truly shown they are among New York Citys Healthcare Heroes through their brave service to New Yorkers throughout this pandemic.
  • Debra and Leon Black said, We launched NYC Healthcare Heroes to help support workers on the front lines who are making countless sacrifices.

“NYC Healthcare Heroes” Delivers Thousands of Packages to Bellevue Hospital, Coney Island Hospital and Others in First Week

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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Philanthropy, Health, Infectious diseases, Hospitals, Other Health, Other Philanthropy, Aramark, Hospital, Companies, Debra and Leon Black, Aramark

The program is adaptable and includes a mechanism to gather feedback, ensuring it meets the needs of hospital staff on an ongoing basis.

Key Points: 
  • The program is adaptable and includes a mechanism to gather feedback, ensuring it meets the needs of hospital staff on an ongoing basis.
  • The distribution is being planned in accordance with PPE and social distancing standards.
  • Red Cross volunteers will coordinate with Aramark to distribute the packages to hospital staff.
  • With the Black Familys matching commitment, just $30 covers the cost of a package for a valued healthcare professional.

“NYC Healthcare Heroes” Program Launches at NYC Hospitals Next Week

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Friday, April 10, 2020
Philanthropy, Health, Infectious diseases, Hospitals, Other Health, Other Philanthropy, Debra and Leon Black, Aramark

NYC Healthcare Heroes, a city-wide philanthropic program to support NYC healthcare professionals on the front lines, is launching next week, providing up to 500,000 packages of shelf-stable food, household cleaning and personal care products, as well as over-the-counter medicine to staff at hospitals across the five boroughs through June.

Key Points: 
  • NYC Healthcare Heroes, a city-wide philanthropic program to support NYC healthcare professionals on the front lines, is launching next week, providing up to 500,000 packages of shelf-stable food, household cleaning and personal care products, as well as over-the-counter medicine to staff at hospitals across the five boroughs through June.
  • With the Black Familys matching commitment, just $30 covers the cost of a package for a valued healthcare professional.
  • The program is adaptable and includes a mechanism to gather feedback, ensuring it meets the needs of hospital staff on an ongoing basis.
  • All donations made through this program are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Debra and Leon Black Family and Aramark Launch “NYC Healthcare Heroes” in Partnership with the Mayor’s Fund, Robin Hood and American Red Cross to Provide Shelf-Stable Food, Household Supplies and Health Products to NYC’s 100,000+ Healthcare Heroes

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Infectious diseases, Hospitals, Public policy, Government, Philanthropy, Food, Beverage, State, Local, General Health, Health, Foundation, Retail, Aramark, American Red Cross, Companies, Service companies, History by period, Debra and Leon Black, Aramark, the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, Robin Hood, the American Red Cross

The products to be distributed were selected based on the research and expertise of Aramark, which serves thousands of healthcare facilities across the globe.

Key Points: 
  • The products to be distributed were selected based on the research and expertise of Aramark, which serves thousands of healthcare facilities across the globe.
  • Red Cross volunteers will coordinate with Aramark to distribute the packages to hospital staff.
  • "We are deeply grateful to the Black Family and to our partners at Aramark, Robin Hood, and the American Red Cross for this vital program."
  • The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission.