Hoosier hospitality workers to benefit from ‘Hoosiers Helping Hoosiers’ fundraiser

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – On April 9, WISH-TV is hosting “Hoosiers Helping Hoosiers” to raise funds to assist hospitality workers unable to work at this time. Workers in restaurants and lodging make up one of the largest sectors of Hoosier employees – 10% of all workers in Indiana work in hospitality with an additional 4% working in lodging. More than 88,000 people work in these fields in Marion County alone.

With the help of the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association (INRLA), the day-long, fundraising event will benefit furloughed hospitality, restaurant and lodging workers.

On Thursday, Elise Shrock, director of operations for the Indianapolis Restaurant and Lodging Association, was on Daybreak to discuss the fundraising movement.

In addition to discussing how the funds will help the workers in the segment, they also talked about some of the items up for auction.

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