Friday, June 26, 2020

From @FWMission ... Friday Story: Nonprofits: Finding Hope in the Midst of COVID-19”

Founded in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the impoverished disabled in developing nations. Headquartered in Irvine, California, FWM works around the world in partnership with a vast network of humanitarian, faith-based and government organizations, sending wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of disabled people, providing not only the gift of mobility, but of dignity, independence, and hope.



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Friday Story: “Nonprofits: Finding Hope in the Midst of COVID-19”

As I watch the media coverage surrounding COVID-19 here in the U.S., it’s clear that the pandemic is having a staggering impact on the economy, especially on small businesses and for those in the service industry (restaurants, barbershops, gyms).

What doesn’t come up as often in the coverage and social media conversations is that charitable organizations—the tens of thousands of nonprofits across the country who do so much good—are also among the hardest hit right now ...

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