Helping the Fingerlakes Community

Throughout her career chef Samantha has looked for ways to give back to her community. In March when the Covid pandemic hit Samantha partnered with Blue Print Geneva to feed those in need in the Geneva NY community. Fundraising efforts created a program where individuals could purchase a meal for 2 people at $10. 25 meals a week were sold to fund the program which allowed us to feed 250 people every week. The effort lasted until the end of summer and will relaunch in January as the need continues

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“The past few months, the numbers have increased, but if we just take an average, it's over 4000 meals. Less than 10% of meals were sold, at $9 each, to cover the costs of running the program. This was an all-volunteer effort from top to bottom and we are so grateful to the whole crew, led by the most amazing and generous Chef Samantha Buyskes, for caring so deeply about the food needs in Geneva.” -Blueprint Geneva