Graver said in one afternoon, she lost 80 percent of her business.
And then a friend told her about the Women & Family Life Center in Guilford, which was also facing making some big changes.
Executive Director Meghan Scanlon said, we, obviously had to pivot during the pandemic, and recognized that a lot of the women coming into the center for all kinds of resources were struggling financially.
The girls empowerment program, for which they were awarded the $10,000 grant had to be suspended for social distancing.
Social Worker Emilie Steinnagel says the cash they re giving families, is just the beginning. We re not just giving $500 and people are walking away. We re giving $500 and we re hearing what s going on in their life, and then helping them connect to other kinds of resources that they didn t know that they were able to access, said Steinnagel.