After the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was abruptly cut short due to a gunman firing shots on Saturday night, the Washington Hilton was left with a lot of unserved food. So staffers there decided to do something good with all of it.
Weijia Jiang, White House Correspondents Association president and CBS News’ senior White House correspondent, revealed in a social media post Monday that the Hilton donated the approximately 2,600 dinners that had not been served.
“The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD,” she posted on X. “They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.”
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