JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Two Ballad Health nurses who help care for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients recently went the extra mile to help One Acre Café, a community restaurant focused on battling hunger and food insecurity, by collecting and delivering two carloads of donated food and supplies.
One Acre Café, 603 W. Walnut St., offers the community healthy and nutritious food in a warm and inviting space. There are suggested donations for those who can pay or “pay it forward” and the ability to volunteer in exchange for a meal for those who cannot.
Kim Jessee, RN and nurse manager for intensive care unit/progressive care unit at Franklin Woods Community Hospital, and Karen Burke, RN for the ICU/PCU at Franklin Woods, provide care for COVID-19 patients at the hospital, but they were determined to help One Acre Café provide food to those in need. They learned One Acre Café planned to create “blessing bags” to hand out to the community to help food-insecure families get through the holidays while the restaurant was closed.
They donated more than $310 in food donations and also used a last-minute $50 cash donation to purchase 10 $5 McDonald’s gift cards.
Thank you to Kim and Karen for this wonderful gift to the community!
