Due to proper planning and cash management, LHM Charities has resources available during these turbulent times to continue helping women and children in the communities where we do business. Though government restrictions prevent these nonprofit funds from going to our own employees or businesses, LHM Charities is carefully reviewing requests from qualified charities so we can assist nonprofits that are addressing urgent needs during the COVID-19 crisis.
Approximately 900 students in the Boise School District (Idaho) are homeless, and United Way of Treasure Valley works with the district to address basic needs. Though school is not in session due to the coronavirus situation, school liaisons are continuing to contact these vulnerable students, and a grant from LHM Charities is providing hygiene items, food, and clothes.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County (Idaho) has seen a sudden rise in children needing day care during the COVID-19 crisis, since many parents who provide essential community services cannot stay home. The charity has stayed open to address this important need, and LHM Charities is funding necessary food and staffing.
Many communities have seen a rise in domestic violence as stress levels have risen across the nation in recent weeks. LHM Charities is supporting updates to an app created by the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome that reduces the risk of child abuse. The app is given to all Utah parents of newborns, and updates will include information about intimate partner violence and postpartum depression. Wasatch Forensic Nurses (Utah) provides forensic exams to sexual assault victims, since most hospitals do not maintain personnel qualified to perform these specialized services. Exams are offered at no cost to victims, and LHM Charities is donating toward on-call nursing services.
LHM Charities is assisting Youth Impact as it collaborates with Ogden School District (Utah) by delivering food to low-income, at-risk students in need of nutritional support during the COVID-19 crisis while school is not in session. A donation to House of Hope is enabling Utah homeless women entering residential treatment for addiction to receive necessary hygiene supplies.
Thank you to all whose support of LHM Charities is allowing us to continue assisting needy women and children in our communities!
LHM Charities Donations for April 2020
IDAHO
United Way of Treasure Valley
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County
UTAH
Wasatch Forensic Nurses
House of Hope
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Youth Impact