“we have decided that we want to spend our stimulus check in a way that maximizes its impact on the local economy and/or struggling DC residents.”

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Ed. Note: You guys rule. I want to take the opportunity to thank all those who’ve been so supportive of me and so many others during these crazy days. I got this email yesterday from the DC Food Project “Regarding our Emergency Weekend Bag Program. Since your article was posted we have raised close to $11K, which will allow us to continue helping our school communities gain access to additional food, during these unknown times. We can’t thank you enough.”

“Dear PoPville,

Our household is set to get the full $2,400 from the stimulus, but we have secure jobs and the pandemic has only served to reduce our expenses. While we could always throw the money at our mortgage, we have decided that we want to spend our stimulus check in a way that maximizes its impact on the local economy and/or struggling DC residents.

On the charity front, what are some organizations that are particularly involved in helping vulnerable populations during this time? I’d love to keep the money as local as possible, especially since DC got screwed out of our “state” funding in the CARES Act.

I’m also open to non-charity spending, but want to make sure our $2,400 is truly extra spending on our part and not just replacing spending we’d already be doing now and is not any type of pre-buying that would replace our post-COVID spending.

What does PoPville recommend?”