TO MORE FEDERAL AID WITHOUT --
THEY SAY MANY BUSINESSES WON'T
SURVIVE THE WINTER SLOW DOWN.
A TWIN CITIES APRON COMPANY
IS CELEBRATING A YEAR PROVIDING
AID TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR
QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE APRONS
AND BEHIND PROJECT BLACK AND
BLUE WHICH WE WILL GET TO.
JOINING US IS THE FOUNDER AND
CO OWNER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE DEEP
TIES TO THE INDUSTRY.
SO I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN
THAT ARE ALL IN THE INDUSTRY.
THREE SONS THAT ARE CHEFS AND
MY DAUGHTER IS A SERVOR.
WE STARTED MAKING APRONS FOR MY
SONSN.
THAT PROCESS OF LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THEIR JOB AND WHAT THE
INDUSTRY PROVIDES, WE REALIZED
AS A TEAM THAT THERE IS A LOT
MISSING FOR HEALTH CARE, WAGES,
SO WE STARTED PROJECT BLACK AND
BLUE LAST YEAR TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE THAT NEEDS
IT PRECORONAVIRUS.
WE HAVE SO FAR WE HAVE REALLY
BEEN ON THE HELP END FIND RAISE
THROUGH THE PROJECT OF BLACK
AND BLUE FOUNDATION.
AND YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE
ON INSTAGRAM WITHOUT SEEING A
CHEF HERE WITH ONE OF OUR
APRONS.
YOU ARE SELLING THEM IN THIS
BLACK AND BLUE COLOR.
TELL US ABOUT BLACK AND BLUE
AND THEN ALSO WHERE DOES THE
MONEY GO?
WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS AN
IDENTITIABLE APRON.
ONE OF OUR CHEFS, THERE'S A
CHEF IN PHILADELPHIA THAT LET
US KNOW FOR HIM LIKE HE IS --
HE WAS AN EXEC CHEF.
WITH HIM HAVING HIS -- ALL THE
BRUISES HE HAS GONE THROUGH TO
GET TO THAT LEVEL IT INSPIRED
THE IDEA OF BLACK AND BLUE.
CHEFS GO THROUGH A LOT.
PREP COOKS, EVERYBODY IS
WORKING REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE
INCREDIBLE NIGHT OUT FOR US.
THAT PIECE OF WHAT WE WANT TO
HAVE IT IS IF YOU HAVE TAKE
APRON ON AND SEE THE BLACK
APRON WITH THE BLUE STRAP YOU
CAN IDENTITY THE PERSON AND
KNOW THEY ARE A PERSON YOU CAN
REACH OUT IF YOU NEED SOMEONE
TO TALK TO.
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WE WANTED
TO KIND OF BE A VISUAL ON TOP
OF THEM RAISING FUNDS.
WITH EVERY PROJECT BLACK AND
BLUE ITEM WE SELL, 50% COMES
BACK OR GOES BACK OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE A FUND WE BUILD.
IT'S A NOMINATION BASED.
YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW THAT'S
STRUGGLING.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO -- ON A
VERY QUIET LEVEL HELP PEOPLE
THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY CAN LET US KNOW WHAT THEY
NEED AND WE CAN HELP THEM OUT.
THAT'S SO COOL YOU THAT CAN
NOMINATE SOMEONE.
I'M CURIOUS.
YOU MENTIONED YOUR CHILDREN ALL
WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
HOW ARE THINGS FOR THEM DURING
THE PANDEMIC?
IT'S KIND OF HIT REALLY --
AT HOME FOR US I HAVE FOUR
CHILDREN ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT --
THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL RIGHT NOW.
EVERYBODY IS KIND OF
STRUGGLING.
RESTAURANTS CAN'T HAVE FULL
STAFF RIGHT NOW.
ONE THAT ARE OPEN AND THE OTHER
PIECE OF THAT IS THAT IF YOU
HAVE A RESTAURANT THAT'S OPEN,
AND SOMEONE GETS SICK AND THEY
HAVE TO SHUT DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS
THAT MAY MEAN A RESTAURANT
COULD CLOSE.
THAT TWO WEEKS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IN THE
INDUSTRY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
HELP FOR PEOPLE THAT MAYBE
AREN'T ABLE TO GET BACK INTO
THEIR JOB.
THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY AND
AREUNEMPLOYMENT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE
DOING FOR THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME COMING ON
TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND ITS
BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
BACK AS MUCH AS WE HAVE.
AND TO GIVE BACK WE HAVE ALL
THAT INFORMATION ON OUR