The Brooklyn for Life! Initiative, co-founded by TheBatman and Westworld actor jfreewright, has raised more than $386,000 to deliver meals from local restaurants to front-line health care workers
actor Jeffrey Wright — which has raised more than $386,000 to deliver meals from local restaurants to front-line health care workers — is getting major support from a who's who of star Brooklynites.a new two-and-a-half-minute video
released today that includes Daniel Craig, Spike Lee, Ansel Elgort, Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, Lupita Nyong’o, Rosie Perez, Mahershala Ali, Michelle Williams, Michael K. Williams, Erykah Badu, Big Daddy Kane, Meshell Ndegeocello, Maxwell, Harvey Keitel, Peter Dinklage, Carmen Ejogo, Taylor Schilling, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Giamatti, John Turturro, Ethan Hawke, Steve Buscemi, Fisher Stevens, Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Anthony Ramos, Annabella Sciorra, Wyatt Cenac and Debi Mazar.
From the initial two restaurants — Graziella's Italian and Brooklyn Moon Café — the operation has expanded to purchase meals from a rotating group of 42 establishments. Brooklyn for Life! is looking to expand its reach to help feed seniors at home and also at in-patient care facilities and hopes the new star-supported video will help it meet a $1 million fundraising goal.
"We started Brooklyn for Life! out of love for Brooklyn and out of solidarity with our neighbors," said Wright in a statement. "This is home. The hope is that Brooklyn emerges from this global pandemic as strong and as beautiful as she was before COVID, and our community is coming together to help make that happen. The video tries to celebrate that and express gratitude for those on the front lines of that effort.
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