“This allows everybody to safely support Our Place by taking a walk around their own neighbourhood,” said Julian Daly, executive director at Our Place. “This walk allows the community to come together and show how much they care about the most vulnerable members of society.” The walk in the cold gives people an opportunity to experience what so many people without homes endure every night, Daly said. “On the coldest nights, we try to get as many people indoors as possible. But, unfortunately, there are still people left outside. ” Participants can organize their own two to five-kilometre walks by themselves or form teams with members of their households or safe bubbles and collect pledges online.
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Patrick J. McGovern Foundation awards $5.7 million to support vulnerable communities as pandemic surges
December 17, 2020 GMT
BOSTON, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation announced today $5.7 million in grants to support vulnerable communities through the pandemic and to bring trusted COVID-19 data and analysis to policymakers and the public.
The 21 grants are the latest of the Foundation’s COVID-19 response and community support commitments in 2020, totaling $14.7 million since March. More than $3.7 million will address the mounting crises of hunger, homelessness, and under-employment and unemployment across the United States, and $1.15 million will support ongoing social justice efforts for refugees, migrants, gender equality, and formerly gang involved and previously incarcerated individuals.