PEMBROKE, MA : In just two weeks, Pembroke resident Beth Mills has gotten a great response to her Southeast Massachusetts FLAG chapter (Front Line Appreciation Group), whose mission is to raise funds and hire restaurants to deliver meals to the front line workers at local hospitals.

She launched the chapter just several weeks ago after hearing about the two women in New Jersey who started the project, and since then, chapters have sprung up all over the United States. “This fills a couple of very important needs,” she said, adding, “The restaurants are all reduced to takeout right now, and we were looking for a way to support the restaurants as well as healthcare workers and it seemed like the perfect fit.”

In the first two weeks, the chapter has earned nearly $6,000. Restaurants have stepped up to assist, she said, noting “We had 200 subs from Jersey Mikes going to the night shift at South Shore Health, 200 overnight oats from the Juice Station Wednesday morning to South Shore Health, and 200 Chop Suey meals from Christina’s of Pembroke going to the hospital for a Thursday night dinner. Solstice in Kingston is providing individual pizza slices for Beth Israel Deaconess in Plymouth on Friday, and Corner Café of Marshfield is providing egg wraps for South Shore Health on Friday morning.

Beth has launched a Facebook page which can be accessed by clicking https://www.facebook.com/FLAG-Front-Line-Appreciation-Group-of-Southeast-Massachusetts-103295631337091/?modal=admin_todo_tour  . There is also an option to contribute via Paypal, paypal.me/flagsema or by Venmo at Venmo.com/FLAGSEMA

  “The restaurants have been amazing so far,” she said. “We are trying to keep the costs to $6 per meal. They are giving us very good pricing. Everyone wants to help.  We are so happy to be able to help out the local restaurants, paying out $4200 this week to them, as well as providing meals for the Angels on the front lines.”