Ryan Tedder, Grammy® winning songwriter, producer and lead
singer of the multi-platinum selling band OneRepublic, will perform
on Pay It Forward Live, Verizon’s weekly streaming entertainment
series in support of small businesses affected by COVID-19, on
Thursday, April 2. The performance, which will take place in his
home, will stream live at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Twitter @Verizon,
Yahoo and Fios Channel 501.
“As we’re all feeling right now, small
businesses are a huge part of our daily lives,” said Ryan Tedder.
“I’m grateful that I am able to take part in an initiative to help
lessen the impact of this crisis.”
Over the course of Pay It Forward Live, viewers
are encouraged to tag their favorite local businesses and do what
they can to support them - shop online, make a purchase in advance
for when the crisis is over and the businesses reopen, or order a
meal. Verizon will also donate $10 to support small businesses, up
to $2.5 million, when the hashtag #PayItForwardLive is used.
Verizon is also giving consumers as many ways to
support small businesses as possible, including partnering with
PayPal and Square to give Pay It Forward Live viewers the ability
to support small businesses within the live streams.
Helping Small Businesses and the
Frontlines
Expanding its commitment to small businesses,
this week Verizon Business will pay it forward to a number of small
businesses preparing daily meals to feed healthcare workers. This
program brings together multiple New York City restaurants with six
area hospitals in an effort to help both the restaurants’ workers
and hospital staff on the front line providing care to patients.
Meals are being provided seven days a week throughout the month of
April, at no cost to the hospitals or their employees. The ordering
and delivery process is managed by Grubhub which donated its
service to help this cause.
“Healthcare workers are physically and
emotionally putting themselves on the front line of the fight
against COVID-19,” said Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business Group.
“And for small businesses - especially restaurants - the impact of
social distancing is real. This is an opportunity to bring these
groups together, providing a purpose and resources to continue
supporting restaurants, and a small gesture of thanks and comfort
for hospital and emergency workers in New York City.”
Participating restaurants include: Blue
Restaurant, Bella Notte, Dino, Dosa Royale, Locksmith Bar and Mimi
Cheng’s. Medical centers receiving food include: Maimonides Medical
Center and Hospital for Special Surgery.
Verizon is planning to scale these efforts, with
continued support from Grubhub, to help as many as possible in our
backyard and beyond. Verizon is urging companies in other cities to
support similar efforts to fund local restaurants’ efforts to feed
healthcare workers. To date, Verizon is supporting
communities through a combined $20 million donation to nonprofits
directed at serving students, healthcare first responders, and
small businesses. To find out more about what Verizon is doing to
help customers and small businesses, visit
verizon.com/about/news/our-response-coronavirus.
About VerizonVerizon
Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000
and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the world’s leading
providers of technology, communications, information and
entertainment products and services. Headquartered in New York City
and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of
$131.9 billion in 2019. The company offers voice, data and
video services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
About Ryan Tedder:Grammy
winning songwriter and producer, Ryan Tedder, has worked with
everyone from Adele to Paul McCartney, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift,
in addition to being the lead singer of the multi-platinum selling
band OneRepublic. Most recently, Ryan co-wrote and co-produced
P!nk’s new song “Can We Pretend,” and The Jonas Brother’s new
songs, “Sucker” and “Cool,” as well as serving as executive
producer on their album, “Happiness Begins.” As a producer, Ryan
received the Grammy award for “Album of the Year” for the Albums
21, 1989, and 25. As a songwriter, Ryan just received the National
Music Publishers’ Association’s Songwriter Icon Award at the NMPA
annual meeting, as well as the Diamond Award certified by the RIAA.
Ryan is also a producer and mentor on the NBC show, Songland, which
returns for season two on April 13th.
OneRepublic released their debut set Dreaming
Out Loud in 2007. The release included the multi-platinum-selling
smash single “Apologize,” which shattered digital sales and airplay
records worldwide and received a Grammy Award nomination. The
band’s sophomore album, 2009’s Waking Up, produced the hit singles
“All the Right Moves,” “Secrets” and “Good Life.” The
certified-platinum album Native followed in 2013, featuring the
No.1 hit and 33 million plus-selling single “Counting Stars,” along
with a worldwide tour. OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth
full-length album in 2016. This past spring, the band released
“Start Again ft. Logic,” a song featured on the soundtrack for the
Netflix drama 13 Reasons and “Connection” which was part of FCA’s
Summer of Jeep campaign. OneRepublic’s new songs “Wanted”, “Rescue
Me”, “Somebody To Love”, “Didn’t I” and “Better Days” from their
upcoming album HUMAN are out now.
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