#GivingTuesdayNow: COVID-19 emergency response

#GivingTuesdayNow: COVID-19 emergency response

May 5, 2020

Greetings,

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new global day of giving, Giving Tuesday Now, will take place tomorrow, May 5th. To meet the unprecedented needs created during this crisis, we are asking you to join us in our mission to support Americans deployed on the frontlines of the fight against COVID-19.

Spirit of America is providing locally-sourced materials and supplies to meet the critical needs identified by deployed US troops and diplomats. Examples of our support include:

Iraq: providing hand sanitizer, disinfectant, surgical face masks, respirator masks, protective aprons, goggles, and gloves to medical personnel and soldiers who are being mobilized to support the COVID-19 response.

Ukraine: funding to support a Ukrainian Veterans nonprofit that is sewing masks for Ukrainian troops and civilians in eastern Ukraine.

Trinidad and Tobago: funding for a public service announcement promoting proper hygiene and social distancing measures to prevent the virus from spreading.

Kosovo: funding to support a local women’s nonprofit that is sewing masks for vulnerable populations and distributing factual COVID-19 information.

Mali: providing equipment to expand the nationwide public health reporting system to enable critical COVID-19 medical information to reach 30,000 callers daily.

Montenegro: funding to support a seed-distribution/agricultural project to prevent food security issues in vulnerable populations in Montenegro during the pandemic.

Your donation-no matter the size-will make a life-saving difference for our troops and our allies. Start a Facebook campaign, share on social media, invite your family and friends….together we CAN do something to help. Be part of the national movement responding to COVID-19.

Visit www.spiritofamerica.org/project/help-us-troops-stop-the-spread-of-coronavirus to learn more about Spirit of America’s current unmet needs and the support we provide across the globe.

Thank you,
Chris Clary
Director of Citizen-Military Partnerships

Chris served as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant in Afghanistan where he mentored Afghan Commandos from 2010-2011. He volunteered to return in 2012 to work with Afghan Local Police and Afghan National Police at a Village Stability site in central Afghanistan, and also took a leave of absence from SoA to deploy once more to Afghanistan with his Special Forces team in 2015.

#GivingTuesdayNow: COVID-19 emergency response

Urgent Needs

Help Ukraine defend freedom and save lives

Empower Ukrainian students to turn loss into leadership

Help US troops, diplomats, and local partners in the Middle East

Help stop the spread of extremism in West Africa