Mission
Founded by Arul Nigam, a high school junior, Heroes of COVID is a national initiative to provide meals to overburdened frontline healthcare workers, while supporting small local restaurants affected by the coronavirus. Heroes of COVID also provides a platform for frontline workers to share their stories and messages of strength with an international community.
2500+
Meals Delivered
56
Hospitals Served
21
States Reached
∞
Smiles Achieved ☺
2025 Business Resilience Retrospective
Highlights
My sister surprised me with this compilation of videos from a few of the many wonderful people I worked with, as a culmination of and highlighting special moments from this effort!
Hospitals Served
Alabama
Baptist Medical Center East
Baptist Medical Center South
East Alabama Medical Center
Jackson Hospital
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Arkansas
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
Northwest Medical Center Bentonville
Regency Springdale
VA Health Care System Fayetteville
Washington Regional Medical Center
California
Gordon Manor
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford Hospital
University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights
Colorado
Denver Health
Connecticut
Yale Children's Hospital
Yale New Haven Hospital
Yale Saint Raphael Hospital
VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven
Delaware
ChristianaCare
District of Columbia
George Washington University Hospital
Howard University Hospital
Washington Hospital Center
Florida
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tampa General Hospital
Illinois
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
The University of Chicago Medical Center
Louisiana
Ochsner Regional Medical Center
Maryland
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Maryland Medical Center
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston Children's Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tufts Medical Center
Michigan
Saint Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital
New Hampshire
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
New Jersey
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJ Barnabas Health
Overlook Medical Center
New York
Mount Sinai Health System
New York Presbyterian - Columbia University Irving Medical Center
North Carolina
Duke University Hospital
Ohio
Cleveland Clinic
Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Hospital
Penn Presbyterian Hospital
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Texas
Baptist Hospital Brooks City Base
Baylor Scott & White - Round Rock
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Methodist Hospital
University Hospital
Virginia
INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Thank you to our restaurant partners at ...
Schmear It, Best Coast Burritos, Rasa, Earl Abel's, Chi'lantro, Pinnacle Nutrition, Chappy's Deli, BOP Pizza, Tusker Nutrition, Tikkaway, Birdcall, South Fin Poke, &grain, Cocky's Bagels, Harvest Bowl, Claymont Steak Shop, Happy and Hale, Harvard Gardens, Boloco, Fresh Forage, Vanille Patisserie, The Salad House, and Alison.
Arul Nigam, Founder
Arul is a junior in high school and the founder of this national initiative to feed frontline workers across the US while supporting small local restaurants.
"Every single person working on the frontlines is a COVID Hero, taking on the Herculean task of caring for the most vulnerable. I am so grateful to be lending a hand, coast to coast, wherever the need is most!"
Donate
Please show your support for frontline healthcare workers and local restaurants all across the country. Click the "Donate Now" button below to access our GoFundMe. For alternative donation methods, please email heroesofcovid@gmail.com. Thank you!