Bank of America Supports Community Relief Fund

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded $100,000 for the four-county Community Relief Fund campaign to provide emergency food, rent and utilities assistance for people in need.

“Many of our neighbors and nonprofit organizations are challenged like never before and Bank of America’s strategy of providing meaningful and relevant support to the communities we serve has never been more important,” Bank of America Oregon and Southwest Washington market president Roger Hinshaw said.

“United Way’s leadership in creating the Community Relief Fund is exactly the right partnership to help deliver much-needed support in the four-county area. We’re especially pleased 100 % of all donations will go to local agencies on the front lines of helping some of our communities’ most impacted citizens.”

The Community Relief Fund is an alliance that includes the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Oregon Food Bank, and Community Action Programs in all four metro-area counties to boost an already strained community safety net. The appeal for emergency funds will help support families who have been hardest hit in the economic crisis with basic needs like food, rent, and utilities.