Mitchell Daher, Cleveland State ‘75, fourth from left
An alumnus from Delta Xi chapter, Mitchell Daher, Cleveland State ’75, was a part of a team that worked 12 hours to distribute 5,000 sandwiches to front line workers at University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, as a “thank you” for all of their tireless work.
David Coury was at University Hospital on March 24th, the day after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s stay-at-home order was enacted. “The day I was in there was the height of fear, so to speak, or the unknown of what was going on, Coury said to the press. “I just looked around, and it was amazing to me to see all of these people going about their business – carefully – but still they were taking care of everybody else, including me. It just moved me.”
Coury’s brother-in-law Ghazi Faddoul is the owner of multiple Subway franchise in the area. They, too, were hit hard by recent events - many stores had closed and some were profiting as little as $50 a day. Together, the two coordinated the food delivery to University Hospital. The purchase would benefit the hospital workers, as well as Faddoul’s employees.
Faddoul opened five stores on the following Monday, where the workers prepped sandwiches from 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. before delivering sandwiches that Tuesday. The Subway locations have also provided more than 500 meals to nursing homes and homeless shelters throughout this time. They expect to deliver another 1,000 meals to the hospital in the coming weeks.
Thank you to our alumnus Mitchell, all the frontline workers, everyone else showing kindness during this time. Go Far!
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