Higginbotham Brings Relief to Local Restaurants and Service Workers

Firm purchases weekly restaurant delivery orders to community workforces to combat COVID-19 effect on industry and well-being

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Mar 30, 2020, 15:24 ET

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Higginbotham is purchasing meals from local eateries that have temporarily reduced their operations to take-out and delivery due to COVID-19 mandates. The food deliveries go to those organizations working for the well-being of the community during this challenging time. Higginbotham will continue the program, called Higginbotham Helps, on a weekly basis in its markets most effected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Buffalo Brothers delivers meals purchased by Higginbotham to the City of Fort Worth Emergency Operations Center workers.

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price helps hand out meals purchased by Higginbotham from Buffalo Brothers to the City of Fort Worth Emergency Operations Center workers.

In its first week starting March 27, the firm purchased meals from Michael's Cuisine and Buffalo Brothers to serve workers at UNTHSC COVID-19 Testing and Emergency Call Centers and the City of Fort Worth's Emergency Operations Center, where Mayor Betsy Price came to show her support. Next week's purchased meals will be from Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant and other local restaurants to serve workers at Texas Health Resources, Cook Children's Hospital and staff and guests at Catholic Charities and Safe Haven of Tarrant County. Higginbotham also made monetary donations to the Tarrant Area Food Bank and the Fort Worth Food & Wine Foundation's Restaurant Worker's Relief Fund.

"Our employees believe in giving back to the community," said Higginbotham Chairman and CEO Rusty Reid. "We want to be of service and hopefully inspire other businesses to follow our lead during this time." In the coming weeks, the Higginbotham Helps program will support multiple restaurants and serve a number of organizations and hundreds of community service workers.

"Rusty and the team at Higginbotham have found a brilliant way to provide our hometown heroes working on the frontlines with delicious meals while supporting our local restaurants," said North Texas Community Foundation President and CEO Rose Bradshaw. "This is another fantastic example of how the firm gives back on a daily basis to this community. The North Texas Community Foundation has been honored to steward Higginbotham's philanthropy. Since 2011, the firm's employees have contributed $2.5 million to local charities. Well done!"

About Higginbotham
Higginbotham is a single source for insurance and financial services that brokers business insurance, employee benefits, retirement plans, executive benefits, life insurance and home/auto insurance from more than 250 regional and national carriers. It supplements coverage with in-house risk management, benefit plan administration and human resources services. The firm was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, with more than 40 additional offices statewide and in Oklahoma, Georgia and California serving domestic and international customers. Higginbotham ranks by revenue as the nation's 24th largest independent insurance brokerage firm, making it the largest Texas-based broker (Business Insurance, July 2019). Visit www.higginbotham.net for more information.