"We know how overwhelmed the staff at Kent Hospital has been for the past two years of treating seriously ill COVID patients, and we wanted to offer a small token of our thanks," said Stevan Labush, chairman of Touro's board of directors. "Especially with the latest surge of Omicron over the last few months, we know that the doctors, nurses and all the support personnel must be exhausted. Providing a nice catered lunch was the least we could do to help lift their spirits."

Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, president of Kent Hospital, accepted the donation on behalf of the staff.

Based in Cranston, Touro is the largest Jewish fraternal association in the Northeast and supports several charitable causes. More information about the organization is available on its website, tourofraternal.org, or by calling 401-785-0066.

Touro Fraternal Association of Cranston presented more than 100 healthy lunches to the front-line workers at Kent Hospital in Warwick in appreciation for their dedication throughout the pandemic. Accepting the lunches is Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, president of Kent Hospital. From left are Touro directors Barry Schiff of Cranston, Stevan Labush of Warwick and Jeffrey Davis of West Warwick.