Gold Star mom is helping struggling NH restaurant servers

Gold Star mother Natalie Healy has launched a campaign to help Seacoast restaurant servers and bartenders struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"I wanted to do something to help the restaurant workers in the area since I have been one myself off and on for many years," said Healy, who most recently worked as a waitress at Bogie's at Depot Square in Hampton up until the start of the pandemic.

"For me, it wasn't that much of a hardship because I'm retired and I have an online business," Healy said, "But other workers, I know they are hurting."

Healy said she got the idea of the Facebook page after seeing similar ones pop up in Pennsylvania and other parts of the country.

The page calls on restaurant workers in need to write a post asking for help for bills, food, rent, etc. Anyone who reads the post can then offer a helping hand.

"Say a single mom needs some coats or boots for her children, but is short on cash," Healy explained. "She can put a post up on the page (or send a private message and it will be posted anonymously if she doesn't want it made public), and then a reader can 'adopt' her and donate the coats."