MODENA FIRE & EMS WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION FOR AWARDING THE COMPANY A GRANT THIS WEEK. WE RECEIVED $2,316.63 FROM THE FOUNDATION TO HELP US PURCHASE PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND DECONTAMINATION ITEMS TO HELP PROTECT US DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. WE WILL BE PURCHASING NUMEROUS ITEMS SUCH AS, GLOVES, MASKS, GOWNS, DECONTAMINATION SUPPLIES AND INFECTION CONTROL KITS, TO NAME A FEW ITEMS, WITH THE GRANT.
THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION AND CANNOT SAY "THANK YOU" ENOUGH.
THE GRANT THAT CAME FROM BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION WAS FROM THEIR HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC RELIEF FUND. FROM THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE, brandywinefoundation.org, THIS IS HOW THEY EXPLAIN HOW THIS CAME ABOUT, IT STATES: "AS A RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATION, THE BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION CREATED THE HEALTHCARE AND ECONOMIC RELIEF FUND IN RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK (COVID-19). IN LIEU OF HOSTING OUR ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY, THE FOUNDATION FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO CANCEL ITS SIGNATURE EVENT AND FORGO RAISING ITS GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT, IN ORDER TO MEET THE EMERGENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
THE CORONAVIRUS IS A WAKEUP CALL AS TO JUST HOW SUSCEPTIBLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE, OLDER RESIDENTS AND PERSONS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR CONTRACTING THE VIRUS. NOT TO MENTION THE COMMUNITY SPREAD AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC EXACERBATES THE OUTBREAK AND DISRUPTS BUSINESS AS USUAL CAUSING AN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP ON MANY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AS A RESULT, THE BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION HAS RE-EXAMINED ITS ROLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND POTENTIAL FUTURE OUTBREAKS. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISES, THE BRANDYWINE HEALTH FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES ITS PHILANTHROPIC ROLE MUST BE RESPONSIVE AND NIMBLE TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE, INTERIM AND LONG-TERM NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY."