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This week 52andChange is featuring SupportSurfside as our Cause of the Week.
On June 24th, 2021, at approximately 1:30 in the morning, a twelve-story residential building with 136 units partially collapsed in Surfside, Florida. We stand beside the victims, their families, the first responders, and all of the people joining together to help in the face of this unimaginable tragedy.
Several partner community foundations (The Miami Foundation, The Coral Gables Community Foundation, and The Key Biscayne Community Foundation) have launched SupportSurfside to help those impacted by the devastating building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
All gifts raised at 52andChange this week will go to the SupportSurfside fund. Please join this community microgiving effort so we can deliver a large check showing our support and unity during this devastating time.
Donations to the relief fund are providing immediate cash support to families and victims to help with their personal expenses and enable as much flexibility and choice as possible to those in crisis for the things they need most. Support Surfside is also working with social service agencies to continuously assess additional unmet needs as this situation continues to unfold.
To ensure needs continue to be met, Support Surfside will distribute the first $1 million in philanthropic aid to survivors, immediate family members and legally appointed representatives of missing or deceased individuals of the Champlain Tower South collapse.
Currently, more than $650,000 in direct aid has been distributed to survivors and families of victims and missing people, and $155,000 has been donated to organizations providing direct relief and recovery services on the ground.
In addition, Support Surfside is onsite at the Family Assistance Center (FAC) every day working with families who are displaced, lost a loved one, or are awaiting news to determine what is needed for them to make it through this difficult time.
Moreover, on Wednesday, July 7, Support Surfside announced a partnership with the National Compassion Fund (NCF), to develop and implement a fund distribution plan that will provide direct financial support to those impacted by the building collapse.
As part of this agreement, Support Surfside will also work with NCF to assemble a steering committee of local civic, business, and non-profit leaders who will be responsible for setting the fund’s distribution policy. The steering committee will be chaired by Miami Dade College President Emeritus Eduardo J. Padrón and will work with experts in mass fatality and trauma events to establish criteria and procedures for the distribution of the funds.
As always, if anyone reaches out to ask how they can give more than $10 or get more involved, we direct them to the featured nonprofit's website. At 52andChange, we hope a lot of people giving a little will help to make a difference, make a big statement that if we all give a little together, we will change the world. This week, let's all give a little, or a lot, in support of this cause as our hearts collectively break for the unimaginable suffering our fellow human beings are facing in the midst of this tragedy.
Would you give $4 a month to support four nonprofits that are making a big difference? Join forces with other 52andChangmakers to automatically give to every Cause of the Week. Every Monday, you’ll wake up knowing you’ve already made a difference! As our community grows, so does the impact!
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