Emergency Relief Fund helps SWFL amid COVID-19 crisis

Emergency Relief Fund helps SWFL amid COVID-19 crisis

THEY SAID THEY DID IT TO JUSTGIVE A THANK YOU TO NURSES ANDDOCTORS ON THE FRONT LINES.TWO MAJOR NON-PROFITS ARETEAMING UP IN A TIME OF ACRISITHE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITYFOUNDATION AND UNITED WAY AORGANIZING EMERGENCY FUNDS TOHELP AID IMPACTS OF THECORONAVIRUSNOELANI TALKS WITH THEFOUNDATION ABOUT WHAT’S BEINGDONE TO HELP."GOOD MORNING EVERYONE--THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAYSTHE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FORCOVID-19..

ARE LIKE NOTHINGTHEY’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE--SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE ALL OFSOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO HELP."VOIN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, LIKERIGHT NOW THE COMMUNITYFOUNDATION WORKS BEHIND THESCENES ON A TWO-FOLD EFFORT--THEY RAISE LOCAL EMERGENCYRESOURCES, AND DIRECT US WHETO FIND IT.HOWEVER, FUNDRAISING IS FACING ANEW CHALLENGE.THE MAJORITY OF THE EMERGENCYFUNDS ARE DONATED BY PEOPLE FROMOUTSIDE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC IMPACTINGTHE ENTIRE GLOBE... THOSE FUNDSAREN’T COMING IN LIKE THEY USEDTO.SOT @ 5:21:35SARAH OWENS/CEO - SWFL COMMUNITYFOUNDATION:"All of our dynamics havechanged during this pandemic.Nothing is the same as it usedto be, so we want to navigatethis with compassion and claritand make sure we’re doing whatwe can in appropriate waysget the word out because peopledo want to react to this."(17)VO CONTTHE FOUNDATION SAYS IF ABLE,PEOPLE HAVE A TRUSTED PLACE TODONATE.THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDRECENTLY DISTRIBUTED70-THOUSAND-DOLLARS..

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