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Website aims to help bartenders and servers affected by COVID-19 shutdowns

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A new website launched by Nick Britsky of NickDrinks.com is aiming to help bartenders and servers across the country affected by their restaurants and bars being closed.

The website, GoTipem.com , allows bartenders and servers to enter their own digital money transaction names and people can send them a "tip" of $1, $2 or $5, as you would if you were in a restaurant.

Related: Gov. Whitmer to temporarily shut down bars, restaurants & gyms amid COVID-19 outbreak

Bars and restaurants in Michigan are closed to dine-in customers and are only allowed to stay open for carry-out or delivery, but many have opted to close as it may cost more to stay open for carry out and delivery service.

WXYZ is also gathering a list of GoFundMe pages for restaurants across metro Detroit. You can view those here.