KXLY
January 23, 2021 11:02 AM
Emily Oliver
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — A Spokane Valley church is making sure medical debt is one less thing families have to worry about during this pandemic.
Valley Real Life Church set out with the goal to raise $200,000 back in December. The fundraiser wrapped up with the church exceeding that goal with a total of $300,000 raised.
That’s enough money to pay off $30 million of medical debt for people in the Inland Northwest, thanks to a partnership with RIP Medical Debt, which vowed to match each dollar raised with $100.
“In the middle of COVID, we realized medical issues are the big thing, and people are just wrestling with that,” said Steve Allen, with the church.