GOOD FOOD IN GRATITUDE

DESIGNED BY MARIS, WEST & BAKER ADVERTISING, GOOD FOOD IN GRATITUDE WAS CREATED AS A PAY-IT-FORWARD PLATFORM THAT ALLOWED BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE AROUND THEM WHO WERE, THROUGH THEIR CHOSEN CAREER, SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OF 2020, ALL WHILE HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS.

DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS PARTICIPATED IN THE GOOD FOOD IN GRATITUDE INITIATIVE AND PROMOTED IT ACROSS ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS, HELPING TO SPREAD THE WORD AND PAY IT FORWARD. OVER THE COURSE OF A FIVE-DAY WORK WEEK, DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS PROVIDED FREE LUNCH TO FIVE DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE HERO DEPARTMENTS AND FRONTLINE RESPONDER GROUPS WITHIN OUR AREA: ST. DOMINIC’S HOSPITAL, UMMC CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE MEDICAL MALL, THE HINDS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THE JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND TO RESIDENT PHYSICIANS WITHIN INTERNAL MEDICINE AT THE VA HOSPITAL.

OVER 50 LOCAL HEALTHCARE HEROS AND FRONTLINE RESPONDERS WERE GIVEN OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION WITH FREE MEALS HAND DELIVERED BY OUR VERY OWN DOWNTOWN JACKSON PARTNERS PRESIDENT, JOHN GOMEZ. FIVE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, ONE FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK, WERE SELECTED AT RANDOM TO PROVIDE THE MEALS.