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handmade34

(22,756 posts)
Thu Dec 17, 2020, 10:19 PM Dec 2020

MacKenzie Scott donates $9 Million to Vermont Foodbank

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2020/12/17/vermont-foodbank-bags-9-million-gift-from-billionaire-mackenzie-scott?ct=t(ENEWS_12_17_2020)

"The Vermont Foodbank has received the largest gift in its history — $9 million — as part of a $4.2 billion blast of charitable giving announced this week by MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The gift was unsolicited, came as a total surprise to the organization...

The Vermont Foodbank is the largest hunger-relief organization in the state, collecting food donations from producers and retailers and distributing the goods through 300 partners to food shelves, senior centers, schools and hospitals around the state.

The organization plans to work with its partners to best determine how to use the gift, not just to expand its programs, Sayles said, but to leverage the cash to have a long-term impact on social issues at the root of hunger...."
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MacKenzie Scott donates $9 Million to Vermont Foodbank (Original Post) handmade34 Dec 2020 OP
She's on a roll Deuxcents Dec 2020 #1

Deuxcents

(16,221 posts)
1. She's on a roll
Fri Dec 18, 2020, 12:56 AM
Dec 2020

I hope she’s having fun giving to all these schools n organizations. She’ll never miss any of this money but keeping her promise is still great to see.

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