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Cross-sector initiative aids local Latinx community
By The Community Foundation / September 3, 2020
Latinx communities across the U.S. are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19—and CDC Leaders have found that the cross-sector supportive approach being taken in Richmond is a model for the rest of the country, when dealing with vulnerable communities.

Daily Planet builds strategies for homeless healthcare delivery during COVID-19
By The Community Foundation / September 3, 2020
Many of the clients at Daily Planet Health Services are experiencing homelessness, which presents unique challenges to administering care during this health crisis. Preventing outbreaks at homeless shelters continues to be a top priority.

Art and conversations for healing: Mending Walls RVA
By The Community Foundation / July 29, 2020
The Community Foundation is proud to support Mending Walls RVA, a public art project that pairs up artists of different backgrounds to create unique connections and give them an opportunity to tell their story collaboratively in an effort to express healing through connection.

Cross-sector coalition crafts thousands of masks for Richmond community
By The Community Foundation / June 24, 2020
When health officials began advising the use of protective face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, many individuals and agencies had difficulty finding or affording the masks they needed. In response, businesses, nonprofit staff, universities, and thousands of volunteers across the region stepped up to create and source masks for our community. 

Healthy food access during COVID-19
By The Community Foundation / May 19, 2020
Shalom Farms and Greater Richmond Fit4Kids both focus on food access and health education, and they are finding innovative ways to continue serving our community during this time.