O Ford Motor Company Fund contribui com $50,000 para a Fundação Comunitária do 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.”

A Ventura County Community Foundation concedeu mais de $664.000 desde o início dos incêndios de Hill e Woolsey, incluindo:

• $150.000 para o Pacific Coast and Ventura County Chapter of the American Red Cross para um veículo de resposta a emergências
• $115,000 para a Cruz Vermelha para a coordenação da recuperação do condado de Ventura
• $146,250 para a Cruz Vermelha para apoio às operações gerais
• $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 para a 805 Help para apoiar a sua resposta imediata para proporcionar acesso em linha à nossa comunidade durante os incêndios
• $15.000 para a Senior Concerns para cuidados diários de adultos, refeições e apoio aos idosos da nossa comunidade que foram evacuados e precisam de cuidados
• $5,350 para a Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association para ajudar a cobrir os custos associados às evacuações de pessoas em cuidados paliativos
• $7,000 para o Camarillo Boys & Girls Club para cobrir os custos associados às necessidades de acolhimento de emergência de crianças devido ao encerramento de escolas
• $9,500 para o Southeast Ventura YMCA para cobrir os custos associados às necessidades de emergência de cuidados infantis devido ao encerramento de escolas
• $1,827 a Mark Watring Stables para a evacuação de 43 cavalos, transporte de alimentos e água e horas extraordinárias
• $25.000 para o Economic Development Collaborative para apoio geral às operações, na medida em que presta assistência aos empresários afectados pelos incêndios
• $21 500 para a Cal State Channel Islands Foundation para alimentar e alojar estudantes evacuados pelos incêndios
• $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.