Dear
Your help is needed in this unprecedented time. You probably aren’t used to hearing from us like this, but the need is urgent.
Since mid-March we have been coordinating weekly status calls with our nonprofits partners and have learned just how devastating COVID-19 has been and will continue to be for the people they serve.
Tremendous need is building for basic needs like food and rent assistance.
Could you please make an urgent gift of $50 today to our COVID-19 relief fund? 100% of your gift will provide emergency assistance to front-line organizations serving our friends and neighbors impacted physically and financially by COVID-19.
Rent was due last week. Many individuals in our community faced that deadline while also filing for unemployment. Emergency regulations temporarily suspend evictions and collections, but these protections will soon lift.
When they do, our partners tell us the need for rent and utility assistance will skyrocket. This need threatens to overwhelm an already stretched system.
Your gift today will make it possible for partners like Let’s Help, Catholic Charities, Doorstep and others to meet this need and keep people safely in their home.
Nobody could have planned for this crisis, not for the intense demand for services or the increased need for donations to meet this demand.
Your action is needed now. Please make your gift to meet this escalating need in our community.
DOUBLE YOUR DONATION! United Way's Women United affinity group has pledged to match the first $5,000 from donors like you.
Will you make your secure online gift here to join the fight against COVID-19 in our community?
Sincerely,
PS—Click here to learn more about our partner conversations and volunteer opportunities and how you can respond in even more ways to the COVID-19 crisis right here at home.