{"id":3560,"date":"2020-04-16T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2517102"},"modified":"2020-04-16T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:45:00","slug":"lyft-launches-food-and-medical-supply-delivery-for-agencies-and-orgs-impacted-by-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/lyft-launches-food-and-medical-supply-delivery-for-agencies-and-orgs-impacted-by-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft launches food and medical supply delivery for agencies and orgs impacted by COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/483_delivery_title_040220_v1.jpeg?w=730&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"483_delivery_title_040220_v1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lyft today announced the launch of Essential Deliveries, a program aimed at servicing the needs of health care and government organizations and non-profits during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Launching today, the service will use drivers to deliver a variety of essential products, from groceries and meals to cleaning and medical supplies. The ride-hailing service notes the program will be opt-in and derivers will be informed about the nature of the deliveries, which are entirely contact-free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lyft&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/safety\/coronavirus\/driver\">previously announced<\/a>&nbsp;a program to provide funds to drivers who were diagnosed with the virus or otherwise put under quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The program will be available in a wide range of different markets, including Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Orlando, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Diego, San Antonio and Seattle. New York City, the region with the largest number of coronavirus cases and deaths is not on the initial list. Further markets include North Carolina and Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The company is teaming up with local organizations, along with some bigger corporate names like Dole, which is will provide prepackaged foods. The program follows the launch of the LyftUp Driver Community Task Force, an opt-in service asking drivers how they want to pitch in during the crisis. Some 120,000 have signed up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/safety\/coronavirus\/driver\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.lyft.com\/safety\/coronavirus\/driver<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Brian Heater<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Brian Heater<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyft today announced the launch of Essential Deliveries, a program aimed at servicing the needs of health care and government organizations and non-profits during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Launching today, the service will use drivers to deliver a variety of essential products, from groceries and meals to cleaning and medical supplies. The ride-hailing service notes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/16\/lyft-launches-food-and-medical-supply-delivery-for-agencies-and-orgs-impacted-by-covid-19\/\">Continue reading <span>Lyft launches food and medical supply delivery for agencies and orgs impacted by COVID-19<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/lyft-launches-food-and-medical-supply-delivery-for-agencies-and-orgs-impacted-by-covid-19\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lyft launches food and medical supply delivery for agencies and orgs impacted by COVID-19 - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/16\/lyft-launches-food-and-medical-supply-delivery-for-agencies-and-orgs-impacted-by-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lyft launches food and medical supply delivery for agencies and orgs impacted by COVID-19 - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lyft today announced the launch of Essential Deliveries, a program aimed at servicing the needs of health care and government organizations and non-profits during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 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