2013 Winter Emergency Relief Fund

More than 1,400 compassionate people contributed to our Winter Emergency Relief Fund to ensure that older Americans would be safe despite the harsh weather. Thanks to their generosity, we’ve distributed $126,000  to the following organizations that are helping struggling seniors with their heating costs in some of the hardest-hit states:

• Connecticut: Operation Fuel
• Delaware: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Wilmington
• Illinois: Centro Comunitario Juan Diego; Embarras River Basin Agency
• Indiana: Northwest Indiana Community Action
• Iowa: Operation: New View Community Action Agency
• Maine: United Way of Greater Portland
• Massachusetts: Massachusetts Association for Community Action
• Michigan: Area Community Services Employment & Training Council; Community Action Agency
• Minnesota: Community Action Agency of Minneapolis; Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties
• Nebraska: Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
• New Hampshire: Tri-County CAP – Coos County; Tri-County CAP – Grafton County; Southwestern Community Services
• New Jersey: NJ SHARES
• New York: Lifespan in Rochester; EAC
• North Dakota: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe – LIHEAP Program
• Ohio: Aging Solutions
• Pennsylvania: Dollar Energy Fund; Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley; York Benevolent Association; PCA Emergency Fund
• Rhode Island: Blackstone Valley Community Action Program
• Vermont: Umbrella Inc.
• Wisconsin: Community Advocates, Inc.; Energy Services, Inc.

We continue to thank our donors for their generosity. These collective act of kindness can change so much: for many vulnerable seniors, assistance with their heating bills means that they had  enough money in their limited budgets to buy nutritious food, fill essential medications, or make mortgage payments to stay in their homes.