Some REAL local COVID-19 needs
Donation protected
I'm starting this fundraiser to benefit a few local - along the King/Snohomish county line - small companies that are in danger of shutdown because our federal government doesn't value them.
They aren't considered essential because what they provide is often intangible (the arts, the personal services, the event planners), and because they usually require up-close and in-person attention (the mental and emotional health providers, the massage therapists, the stylists). The food banks and the local tiny bakeries and so forth... they need us!
Can some of these things be done online? Sure... but some can't, and of those that can, some of them aren't set up for it... and the small business loans it would take to make them so haven't always gone to truly small businesses.
These folks have helped me and mine when we needed them, and I want to give back. I can't do it all myself... I don't have the kind of money it would take to make a dent. But together we can do this!
They aren't considered essential because what they provide is often intangible (the arts, the personal services, the event planners), and because they usually require up-close and in-person attention (the mental and emotional health providers, the massage therapists, the stylists). The food banks and the local tiny bakeries and so forth... they need us!
Can some of these things be done online? Sure... but some can't, and of those that can, some of them aren't set up for it... and the small business loans it would take to make them so haven't always gone to truly small businesses.
These folks have helped me and mine when we needed them, and I want to give back. I can't do it all myself... I don't have the kind of money it would take to make a dent. But together we can do this!
Organizer
Jennifer Kirkland
Organizer
Woodinville, WA
