In the coming weeks, a local nonprofit assisting community members facing food insecurity or homelessness will receive assistance from the McLean Citizens Association.
SHARE of McLean was chosen by the MCA at last night’s meeting (May 6) to be the recipient of incoming monetary donations to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is one of the most efficient charities we could possibly find,” MCA President Dale Stein said, adding that requests for food from SHARE have doubled since the COVID-19 outbreak began.Â
MCA members voted to donate a minimum of $1,000, which has already been crowdsourced, to the nonprofit.
“I really do think this is good for our community and MCA,” Stein said.
Several members at the meeting asked that MCA raise the match amount.
“Let’s get the $1,000 to SHARE and then set up a working committee to get more funds donated and send in a second donation later,” Sowjanya O’Neill, an MCA at-large member, said. “I know there are a lot of people out there who are in need right now.”
Ultimately, they came to a compromise to re-examine donation amounts in the future.
“We can always decide to increase that at future meetings,” Stein said, adding that the board will review the project and possibly add onto it.
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