Tork, a global professional hygiene brand of Essity, is donating 100,000 to restaurants and hospitals in Philadelphia, the headquarters for Essity's global professional hygiene business and the hardest-hit region in Pennsylvania with more than 19,000 COVID-19 cases, according to a company press release.

In partnership with Off Their Plate, a grassroots organization that funds local restaurants to provide free meals to front line health care workers in cities across America, Tork is providing 10,000 meals to Philadelphia-area hospitals and clinics, as well as $50,000 in economic relief for restaurant staff. The meals will not only be delivered to physicians and clinical staff, but also to hospital environmental services, cafeteria, security and maintenance workers.

Tork is proud of this partnership which makes it possible for us to support both restaurants and front line health care workers," Don Lewis, president of Professional Hygiene at Essity, said in the release. "This pandemic has deeply impacted our customers and we are dedicated to helping businesses that have been hardest hit — such as restaurants and cafes — on their road to recovery."

Since mid-March, Off Their Plate has raised enough funds to support the delivery of more than 300,000 meals across nine U.S. cities, said Natalie Guo, Harvard Medical School student and founder of Off Their Plate.

"Thanks to Tork, we will now have the capacity to significantly expand our work in Philadelphia, where we have seen a large increase in demand for our services," she said in the release.

In Europe, Tork has pledged support and donations to #HorecaComeback and #HelpDeHoreca, two initiatives that encourage consumers to purchase online vouchers that can be redeemed once restaurants reopen, to provide restaurants with working capital during this critical time. 

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