Good News Stories

Highlighting the good stories happening during the COVID-19 pandemic...

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    Helping people remain in their homes

    More than 80 rent checks have been sent to pay the May rent for impoverished households in order to keep them stably housed.

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    Making mental health treatment accessible

    More than 80 tablets have been deployed to ensure that people with mental and behavioral health disorders can stream treatment sessions while social-distancing.

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    Delivering food baskets to the homeless

    More than 76 food baskets have been provided to homeless families, veterans, seniors, and individuals whom we serve.

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    Helping children learn while at home

    More than 500 learning packets distributed to VOA Children's Center families, along with our "Virtual Education Hour" that is streamed daily on Facebook with an average of more than 400 views.

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    Delivering Mother's Day gifts to isolated seniors

    Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and over 60 individual donors, VOA is delivering more than 150 care packages across Monroe County to elderly mothers who are spending Mother's Day alone this year.