The LEE Initiative’s and Pints&union’s restaurant workers relief effort is helping Southern Indiana

Three weeks ago Pints & Union (114 E. Market, New Albany) was awarded a “Grant for Good” and joined around 20+ other restaurants nationwide that comprise the front line of the LEE Initiative’s Restaurant Workers Relief Program effort.  According to Jamie Yeager, Pints&union’s volunteer and relief coordinator, the pub’s outreach began immediately following the implementation of pandemic business restrictions (in Indiana, on March 16). Yeager explained in an e-mail: “Before the official quarantine, and before we knew what was about to unfold in our community and beyond, Joe (Phillips) and I were handing out grocery boxes for single mothers in Southern In ......Read more