EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Dear Friends,
The DAYS Long Beach Board sends a warm, virtual greeting to all of our long-time supporters during this new era of COVID-19. In these unusual and challenging times, the Board and I want to take this opportunity to update you on our youth and their families and to ask for your help.
Since March 12th, DAYSLB programs have been on hiatus, keeping in contact through Zoom conferences and phone calls. As of this writing, most Americans are waiting for the stimulus check promised by Congress. I write to you today with a radical idea: consider donating your forthcoming stimulus check to a nonprofit, such as DAYSLB, that is offering direct aid during the COVID-19 crisis. It is what I will be doing, and, if you are able, I encourage you to do the same.
DAYS Long Beach has been in constant contact with the youth in our program, and we are tracking how the pandemic is affecting our families. Thankfully, everyone is still healthy and sheltering at home. But heads-of-households have been laid off, and existing financial insecurities are compounded. Many of the parents of our youth are undocumented and will not receive stimulus checks or federal aid. They are struggling now and have few options for help. And we are only a month into this.
In order to be ready to support our families through this difficult time, the DAYSLB Board established an emergency fund. We applied for and received a $20,000 grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation, which is giving money to organizations stepping up to help in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The funds will be used to help with food, provide sanitation supplies to mitigate household spread of COVID-19, assist with essential bills, and even deliver these critical supplies to those who are homebound.
Today, we are building on that award by asking for individual donations.
Maggie Master in her article in the Washington Post says, that “there are an estimated 130 million Americans in the middle class. Consider: if even 20,000 stimulus recipients chose to pool our $1,200 checks, we would create the grass-roots equivalent of a $24 million micro-bank. That’s some serious grant-making power.”
This is where you, as supporters of DAYS Long Beach, can help. Please consider donating all or part of your stimulus check to DAYS Long Beach. It is easy to do: CLICK ON THE DONATE BUTTON:
Your gift will go a long way in making a difference in the lives of our DAYS Long Beach families.
Thank you,
Robert Stapp
Chair, DAYS Board
Please consider making a donation to DAYS Long Beach.
Your donation will go a long way to changing the lives of many youth in Long Beach.
Your donation will go a long way to changing the lives of many youth in Long Beach.
WHO WE ARE
For 50 years, DAYS Long Beach has served low-income, under-served families in Long Beach, California. Through free educational programming and youth development activities we are a mainstay in the community.
DAYS Long Beach supports achievement by providing children and families with opportunities to develop skills, apply concepts they have learned, and build positive relationships.
DAYS Long Beach supports achievement by providing children and families with opportunities to develop skills, apply concepts they have learned, and build positive relationships.
DAYS Long Beach provides services in three key areas: Youth Education and Support; Leadership and Academic Success; and Parent and Family Support. Through a holistic approach to helping youth and families of Long Beach, DAYS Long Beach provides the needed support to build future success for our members of our community.
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