Ford Motor Company Fund aporta $50.000 a la Fundación Comunitaria del Condado de Ventura

VENTURA COUNTY, CA – In a recent announcement, the Ford Motor Company Fund has committed $150,000 in financial assistance to organizations providing wildfire relief support across the state. The Ventura County Community Foundation, which has served as a central hub for donations in response to the Woolsey Fire, was selected by Ford to receive one-third of those funds.

“The Ventura County Community Foundation has been blessed to receive an outpouring of financial support from funders both big and small to assist in Hill and Woolsey Fire recovery efforts,” said Vanessa Bechtel, VCCF’s Executive Director. “The Ford Fund’s extremely generous $50,000 contribution will allow us to provide ongoing child care and hospice support to affected families, emergency equipment funding, and assistance with animal security and safety.”

For its part, the Ford Fund is also donating $50,000 to the Cal Fire Foundation for the Supplying Aid to Victims of Emergency (SAVE) program, which covers the entire state and provides $250 gift cards to people who have lost their homes or been severely affected by the fires. The Salvation Army – Del Oro Division will also receive $50,000 to assist people impacted by the massive Camp Fire in northern California.

“When disaster strikes, we know firsthand that families and communities are torn apart, including members of our own workforce,” said Kyle Green, coordinator, Ford Motor Company Fund. “This contribution to VCCF is part of our broader effort to give back to the people and families of California in their time of need.”

La Ventura County Community Foundation ha concedido más de $664.000 desde el inicio de los incendios de Hill y Woolsey, incluyendo:

• $150.000 al Capítulo de la Costa del Pacífico y el Condado de Ventura de la Cruz Roja Americana para un Vehículo de Respuesta de Emergencia
• $115.000 a la Cruz Roja para la coordinación de la recuperación del condado de Ventura
• $146.250 a la Cruz Roja para Apoyo Operativo General
• $1,394 to Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship for Evacuation expenses for horses, additional staffing, fuel for trailers, stall cleaning
• $10,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley for expenses related to serving children during school closures, club clean-up, and counseling services
• $30,000 total to KCLU Public Radio (California Lutheran University) with $20,000 to replace damaged main transmitter and supporting equipment and an additional $10,000 for matching funds for the campaign to replace equipment, which they met.
• $5.000 a 805 Help para apoyar su respuesta inmediata para facilitar el acceso en línea a nuestra comunidad durante los incendios
• $15.000 a Senior Concerns para el cuidado diurno de adultos, comidas y apoyo a las personas mayores de nuestra comunidad que fueron evacuadas y necesitan cuidados.
• $5,350 a Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association para ayudar a cubrir los costes asociados a las evacuaciones de enfermos terminales
• $7.000 al Camarillo Boys & Girls Club para cubrir los costes asociados a las necesidades urgentes de cuidado de niños debido al cierre de escuelas
• $9.500 a la YMCA del sureste de Ventura para cubrir los costes asociados a las necesidades urgentes de cuidado de niños debido al cierre de los colegios.
• $1.827 a Mark Watring Stables por la evacuación de 43 caballos, transporte de pienso y agua y horas extraordinarias
• $25.000 a la Colaboración para el Desarrollo Económico para apoyo a las operaciones generales, ya que atienden a los propietarios de negocios afectados por los incendios
• $21.500 a la Cal State Channel Islands Foundation para alimentar y alojar a los estudiantes evacuados por los incendios
• $500 to Cal Lutheran University’s Center for Nonprofit Leadership to sponsor a free webinar entitled “Fundraising in Response to a Community Crisis”
• $121,000 for the Southeast Ventura County YMCA to provide individual assistance to families affected by the fires.

“VCCF has been called into duty over the past few weeks in ways that we couldn’t have imagined,” said Ms. Bechtel. “Just like so many others, we’ll continue to do everything possible to support our neighbors in need as we also seek to build a more tight-knit and resilient Ventura County.”

For more information or to donate, please contact Vanessa Bechtel at 805-330-6676.