A lot of people and businesses needed help, and agencies were eager to react. Plenty of donors were willing to pitch in.
Bringing the two together wasn’t so easy in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, but the leaders whose efforts eventually became the Worcester Together fund quickly had to match needs with giving during a time when a health crisis was moving so fast that little time could be wasted.
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From late winter 2020 through July, the fund had undoubtedly succeeded expectations, with more than $10 million raised, much of it going to dozens of organizations in and around Worcester, for both the most immediate needs such as food and housing, to more intermediate needs and planning agencies would need as the pandemic went on.