Each week, we receive requests from local nonprofits for financial support due to the COVID-19 crisis. We are so humbled and grateful that we have been able to quickly respond to organizations providing basic needs for so many in our community.
Last week, we funded four additional organizations:
Island Food Pantry
Grant amount: $5,000
Funds will be used to ensure continued access to food on Martha’s Vineyard. We recognize the increased need and the increased costs associated with changing their service delivery model to accommodate public health safety precautions.
Health Imperatives
Grant amount: $5,000
Funds will be used to ensure that eligible individuals and families are aware of the benefits of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and have access to services quickly.
Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC)
Grant amount: $3,000
Funds will be used to ensure that the four family homeless shelters HAC operates are appropriately prepared with needed items to respond to the COVID 19 crisis. This includes providing staff with personal protective equipment, food for residents and other costs associated with maintaining safe access to housing are critical for those families that rely on these services.
Duffy Health Center
Grant amount: $5,000
Funds will be used to ensure that individuals experiencing homelessness have access to daily meals.
In previous weeks, the Cape and Islands United Way provided support through the COVID-19 Community Response Fund to six additional nonprofit organizations:
Lower Cape Outreach Council - to provide much needed food and other supplies as the organization transitions to mobile food pantries
CapeAbilities - to provide food, access to technology, personal protective equipment and other necessary supplies for residents and staff support individuals with disabilities in residential programs
Cape Kids Meals - to provide weekend food bags to school-aged youth in need
YMCA Cape Cod - to support their work as child care providers for essential employees of Cape Cod Healthcare and other healthcare organizations. The Y will operate those child care centers at 4 locations across the Cape and can serve up to 40 children at each location
Cape Cod Council of Churches - to support their work with low income and at-risk individuals and families through two of their programs: Faith Family Kitchen and A Baby Center
Nantucket Interfaith Council - for a meal delivery service to replace their food pantry, and for rental assistance as more Islanders are requesting assistance
How you can help
Together we are making an impact on the Cape and Islands to mitigate the fallout from this worldwide pandemic. Your contribution to the Community Response Fund is allowing us to work with our collaborators to address critical issues. It is so heartening in these times of crisis to see our community rise up and Live United. Together we can make a powerful difference.
