“Support Staff partners with hospitality vets
and like-minded organizations such as Healthy Pour
to provide the tools to ‘break down the structures
of a toxic work environment and rebuild it
to be a place where we don’t have to put
our mental health by the wayside in order
to succeed and be happy,’ says Kelton.”
PUNCH, April 2020
“‘They have built a foundation of giving resources to those who need them the most,” says Beltzer, who praises Support Staff’s ongoing focus on overturning the perceived stigmas of mental health issues and offering bar and restaurant owners the tools they need to help their staffs. “They are like-minded individuals who care for the future of the Chicago hospitality community,’ he says.”
Uncivilized Conversations, May 2021
Spill, April 2020
“Our focus is mental health, and every person has a brain and mental health. It doesn’t discriminate. We realized very quickly that so many, due to different circumstances and being parts of marginalized communities, there may be factors of their mental health that we cannot understand. So, if we don’t live in those communities, it doesn’t mean we can’t reach those people, but it is why we want to grow our organization; we need different perspectives.”
Your Wayward Muse Podcast, July 2021
Quarantine Times, May 2020
“Being a role model or a leader isn’t about having all of the answers or being perfect, it’s about being real. And we really need the voices in our industry to start screaming from the rooftops about the necessity for change.”
FOH Podcast, Feb 2021
“It really starts with the owners buying into this mindset: If you set your intention for both your space and your team, and have a mission statement where you set the tone where this is a place where your team can come and be vulnerable, be themselves and not have to worry about transforming into a different person when you’re at your job.”
