FDFL is a C-3 non profit social welfare organization coming to the immediate aide of restaurants as well as front line workers.
Restaurants are essential to the global food chain supply.
Donations translate to profitable orders and free meals for hospital staff and front line workers well as volunteer opportunity.
We streamline community donations, maximize strategic partnerships and search for philanthropic contributions. We are an outlet for fundraisers, grants, crowd funding campaigns, marketing dollars businesses and trusts. We also help local companies re-connect with their employees and customers through the personal gift of food. Our network of restaurants and hospitals allows us to evaluate current stress points and ensure donations translate to greatest areas of need. We are equally focused on "BIPOC" businesses.
We strive to raise funds and engage in partnerships resulting in profitable catering orders for restaurants who need help. We enable them to generate work for employees and revenue for their bottom line. We create volunteer opportunity through delivering high quality food to health care and front line workers at no charge.
We appreciate our valued partners and would like to acknowledge donated legal services from John Steel at DLA Piper LLP in Seattle Wa.
In 2019 our founder and his then 10 year old daughter were simultaneously diagnosed with unrelated cancers. They spent a combined 14 months going through chemotherapy and being saved by nurses and front line workers. They vowed to pay it back and wanted a direct impact so decided serving them high quality food was a good fit. After being laid off (COVID) with 15+ years restaurant Industry experience the goal of sourcing meals seemed manageable.
By maximizing personal donations with strategic partners, we began helping restaurants generate profitable orders resulting in work for staff and free high-end meals for healthcare organizations. In our first month we served over 1,000 meals out of our car funded solely by personal finances and generous restaurateurs. Now we rely on crowd sourced donations and generous partnerships.
In May 2020 Ryan was diagnosed again with Leukemia, started chemotherapy and in October received a Bone Marrow Transplant. He continued his volunteer efforts primarily from the hospital and has infused finances into more than 65 restaurants serving over 25,000 complimentary meals with help of volunteers and donations. As of November 2021, Ryan and Violet are both in Remission and Fine Dine Front Lines will draw to a successful close.