alicia navaro from melba's cooked up one way to help. >> i studied how to do homemade hand sanitizerslysol, homemade masks to people who are unfortunate and who can't afford those things. and you can make them everyday home supplies. >> reporter: danny meyer started a nonprofit charity making grants to his most needy employees. and michael bednark's people are sacrificing for each other. >> we had some employees offering to split their week so they'd do 20 hours and then have their counterpart do 20 hours that week just so sort of keep people working keep people bits and i getting paid. >> reporter: you had employees volunteer to split their weeks with somebody who was less fortune? >> correct. >> reporter: the best of these stories happened before our eyes. >> a chicken dish, a grilled salmon, and a vegetarian dish, correct? >> yes. >> okay. >> reporter: an orderor take-out from someone who wanted to remain anonymous. 100 dinners to be delivered to nearby mount sinai hospital. one voice on the phone joining a chorus of americans longing for better days ahead. >> i am so uplifted, fir