{"id":2457099,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324269"},"modified":"2020-04-13T06:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T12:24:16","slug":"three-aspen-locals-create-fund-to-bolster-existing-covid-19-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/three-aspen-locals-create-fund-to-bolster-existing-covid-19-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Aspen locals create fund to bolster existing COVID-19 relief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mack Bailey walks into the middle school cafeteria during the Aspen Family Connection\u2019s food drive on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong>
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Over the past few weeks, Aspen, Pitkin County and Snowmass government officials have appropriated more than $7 million to help locals through the financial losses and future economic uncertainty of the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

And also during that time, a grassroots effort quietly in the works has raised $3.5 million in relief funds for those from Aspen to Parachute. The 2020 Rescue Fund, an effort headed by three Aspen locals, aims to get money from donors to residents impacted the most by the pandemic in the most effective and efficient way possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a health and economic crisis, making it much more complicated to sort through,\u201d Bob Hurst, one of the Aspenites heading the 2020 Rescue Fund, said Sunday afternoon. \u201cThese are really tough times for a lot of people and we wanted to get together to help the community. That\u2019s where our focus is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hurst, Melony Lewis and Jerry Greenwald so far have secured the $3.5 million from 22 Aspen locals, including themselves, for the 2020 Rescue Fund, which is established as a charitable fund with the Aspen Community Foundation<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

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