Four funds throughout Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin have already distributed most of their donations.
2:07 pm, Dec. 22, 2020
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After already giving out $1 million to emergency funds during the pandemic, a regional nonprofit said it desperately needs more donations.
“Those funds are now nearly depleted," David Montgomery, interim president and CEO of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, said in a virtual news conference Tuesday morning. "We are asking our donors, our business community — the entire community — to come together to help replenish those funds.“
Donations will be distributed to four regional emergency funds: the COVID-19 Northeast Minnesota Response Fund, the COVID-19 Northwest Wisconsin Response Fund, the Chequama-Care COVID-19 Response Fund and the COVID-19 Two Harbors Response Fund. Those funds will then be used to "support residents suffering from the health, economic and social impacts of COVID-19," according to the Community Foundation.