Mayor McGee, Community Leaders, United Way Launch Lynn Community Care Fund | April 1, 2020

Community leaders in Lynn, in partnership with Mayor Tom McGee and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley today announce the establishment of the Lynn Community Care Fund ​to ​mobilize resources to provide emergency assistance to individuals and families impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Lynn Community Care Fund will expand food and supply distribution and emergency assistance to households who are financially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, with a focus on helping those who are most economically vulnerable during the pandemic. The fund will deploy resources through nonprofit partners to prevent financial crises and displacement for the residents of Lynn. 100 percent of donations (net credit card fees) will go directly to help families in need.

“We are living in unprecedented times where many people in our city are facing food and economic insecurity because of the preventative measures we have had to take to combat the spread of COVID-19,” said Mayor Thomas M. McGee. “We must come together to overcome these challenging times. I would like to thank our community leaders in Lynn along with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley for taking the initiative to establish this fund to get emergency assistance to the residents and their families that have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.”