As COVID-19 continues to impact our communities, we are working to expand our initiatives to make our services efforts national. When looking for new ways to contribute to our communities, we turned to the strength and reach of our organization. Through our licensee network at Ashley HomeStore, we launched a campaign to benefit Feeding America to combat rising food insecurity rates across the nation.
由于COVID-19, 98%的“喂饱美国”食品银行的需求都在增加，平均增幅为63%。学校关闭、工作中断、缺乏带薪病假，以及冠状病毒对60岁及以上的成年人和低收入家庭的不成比例的影响，都导致了全国各地对食品银行的前所未有的需求。阿什利的贡献将帮助在这段艰难时期养活这些需要帮助的人。
Supporting the Community
Though each community has been impacted differently, as an organization we understand the importance of standing together to help others. This need for accessible food supply was realized following our contribution of 250,000 meals toFeeding Tampa Bay.
他说:“阿什利家庭商店很自豪能够在美国各地的零售商店中团结起来，在别人急需帮助的时候帮助他们。”“COVID-19正在世界各地产生重大影响，当你在我们自己的社区亲眼看到影响时，它真正击中了我们的家。在这前所未有的时刻，我们作为一个与“喂饱美国”合作的组织感到自豪，加入他们对抗饥饿的斗争，并援助全国各地的社区。”
到目前为止，我们已经通过我们的授权商和全国性组织的捐款筹集了448,000美元。这将为有需要的邻居提供440万份食物。此外，还为Ashley HomeStores提供了通过托尼·罗宾斯挑战做出贡献的匹配。这次合作使全国捐赠的餐食总数达到800多万份。
Next Steps
We are using this as a springboard for more projects in the coming weeks. Going forward, we ask our Ashley HomeStore friends and family to join theAHS Feeding America campaign. If you are unable to donate, do whatever you can to alleviate the needs of your community. We are humbled by the generosity of our licensee network. These contributions encouraged our team to continue service efforts across the country.
Since the pandemic of COVID-19, Ashley has implemented the below efforts to aid our communities throughout the country. These efforts include, but are not limited to:
- 通过“喂养美国”组织捐赠了超过440万餐。
- Donation of thousands of Ashley manufactured medical gowns for hospitals.
- Transport essential goods, comprised of medical supplies, masks, grocery items, water, agricultural supplies and more on their transportation fleet.
- Donation of over 1,200 mattresses and hundreds of bed frames to various children’s organizations, churches, medical shelters and non-profit organizations.
Working together during this period is how we will come out stronger, healthier and more resilient as a community. We are here for you during this time. To share uplifting stories, we want you to know how you are supporting others across the country and the globe. Use #ThisisHomeStories onInstagramto spread messages of hope throughout this effort.
Learn more and join us in the fight:www.feedingamerica.org/ashleyhomestore.
