Valley View Baptist Church Food Pantry - $1,000
YMCA of the Twin Tiers - $1,500
Those grants together total $10,000, bringing the total of COVID-19 Response aid in Cattaraugus County facilitated by CRCF and its philanthropic partners to over $169,000.
In total, BlueCross BlueShield Blue Fund invested $1.7 million into the community in 2020.
“BlueCross BlueShield has a long-standing history of supporting organizations dedicated to improving the lives of individuals in all eight counties of Western New York,” said David W. Anderson, President and CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. “We’ll continue to pivot our Blue Fund grants to ensure we’re supporting the greatest needs in every corner of the region.”
We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administration s vaccine distribution plan. While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.
Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates that a comprehensive vaccine distribution program would cost approximately $8 billion. To date, the Trump Administration has administered a mere $200 million to the states.
Without adequate funding, distribution will not be equitable. COVID-19 has laid bare chronic health disparities in our country that led communities of color to suffer disproportionately from this virus. Communities of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, obesity and hyp