The Southwest Florida Community Foundation and United Way are organizing emergency funds to send relief to local families.
(CHRIS AD LIB BUMP)THE CORONAVIRUS HAS IMPACTEDWORKING FAMILIES ACROSSSOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AND THEREARE MANY LOCAL NON-PROFITS HERETO HELP YOU.THIS MORNING, NOELANI SPOKE WITHTHE "SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITYFOUNDATION" ABOUT HOW THEY’RESENDING RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED.LKLIVE"GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, LIKE AGLOBAL PANDEMIC THE COMMUNITYFOUNDATION WORKS BEHIND THESCENES FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU ANDME--SO HERE’S HOW THEY’RE HELPINGRIGHT NOW IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA."VOWHETHER MANY REALIZE IT OR NOT,THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SECURESFUNDS THAT HELP LOCALLY YEARROUND.SO IN TIMES LIKE THE COVID-19CRISIS..
AN EMERGENCY RELIEFFUND IS SET UP FOR THAT TOO.THEY’RE TEAMING UP WITH THELOCAL UNITED WAY, WHO CONNECTSRESOURCES TO SMALLER NON-PROFITSON THE FRONT LINES.THIS MONTH, THEY RAISED A TOTALOF 70-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO PLACESLIKE HARRY CHAPIN AND COMMUNITYCOOPERATIVE.THE FOUNDATION SAYS IT’S FOR THEBIGGEST NEED IN THE AREA NOW...WHICH IS FOOD FOR FAMILIES.SOT @ 2:45:35SARAH OWENS/CEO - SWFL COMMUNITYFOUNDATION:"There is a lot of need.
A lotof people are out of work, a lotof people are waiting on theirstimulus check, and everybodywants to feed their families soall of the nonprofits in thecommunity have really rallied.Particularly those who are doingfood distribution to try to getfood into the hands of hungrypeople."(22)VO CONTFAMILIES NEEDING HELP INSOUTHWEST FLORIDA CAN CALL THE2-1-1 HELPLINE.UNITED WAY OFFERS AN UPDATEDLIST OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES INTHE AREA.LKLIVE"COMING UP NEXT, WE’LL TALK MOREABOUT THE EMERGENCY RELIEFFUND..
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