{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Wake County Community Foundation supports critical COVID-19 local services","url":"\/news\/wake-county-community-foundation-supports-critical-covid-19-local-services","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The Wake County Community Foundation is honored to support local nonprofits that provide critical services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent grant recipients include Ship Community Outreach and NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) of Wake County.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ship Community Outreach helps the community with food and clothing donations, a subsidized grocery store, an employment readiness training program and a free weightlifting yard with nutrition counseling and youth camps. Over the summer, they held a community food drive, thanks in part from a grant from WCCF.<\/p>\r\n<p><img style=\"margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ship-Outreach-Community-Day.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry High hands a bag of pantry staples through a car window during Community Day at the Ship of Zion church in Raleigh on June 13. Loaves of bread and packages of chicken are also provided during the drive-up event. Many of the food recipients are homeless and double-bagging the donations makes them easier to carry. Photo Credit: Bisi Cameron Yee and Activate Good&rsquo;s &lsquo;Look for the Helpers&rsquo; Photojournalism Project (See the entire collection at ActivateGood.org\/Helpers)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"909\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>NAMI, which previously provided nearly all support in-person, has shifted to a virtual support system during the ongoing pandemic. WCCF helped provide support for virtual family peer-to-peer eight-week courses.<\/p>\r\n<p>A NAMI client shared: &ldquo;The dynamics of my household became intolerable because all the services were shut down due to social distancing and safety reasons. Suddenly, my daughter and I did not have the support we needed in order to be in a safe environment. My husband of nine years felt helpless... Since my family started taking classes with NAMI-Wake County, we have found hope, peace and emotional support to help us deal with the daily struggles of chronic mental health disorders during this COVID-19 pandemic.&rdquo; - Phoebe, Raleigh N.C.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The Wake County Community Foundation is honored to support local nonprofits that providing critical services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent grant recipients include Ship Community Outreach and NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) of Wake County.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ship-Outreach-Community-Day.jpg","title":"Ship Outreach Community Day","caption":"","size":"362447"}],"custom":{"social_sharing":{"share_image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ship-Outreach-Community-Day.jpg"},"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ship-Outreach-Community-Day.jpg"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1606145700,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"392a65d6b30e41799147ab6c42cf712c","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":72889,"created":1606145700,"modified":1607524562,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Wake County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northern-piedmont\/wake-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247806,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"8532a7502cde4b67855ac009b83c7e2b","parent":"a30c13830e0f4327a7b82e846b16cc47","node":20866,"created":1533159062,"modified":1536247806,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]}}