Baseball jersey fabric is going to the front lines of the fight against coronavirus. In an effort to help mitigate the national shortage of personal protective equipment that has become a pressing issue for healthcare workers and emergency personnel battling the COVID-19 outbreak, Fanatics, the company that manufactures the official uniforms for Major League Baseball, […]
Foundations in the Dallas Region are breaking from traditional practices to support vulnerable residents and nonprofit organizations impacted by the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. A Social Venture Partners webinar, featuring panelists from Communities Foundation of Texas, the Dallas Foundation, Texas Women’s Foundation, and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, highlighted the rapid and innovative philanthropic response to […]
March 27, 2020 All across North Texas, businesses and organizations are providing resources and funding to help small businesses and organizations impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Here are some of their stories (and let us know if you know someone that should be on the list). Comerica invests $4M to support businesses. Dallas-based Comerica Bank […]
KERA, the public media service for North Texas, is revamping its weekday television schedule starting Monday to serve pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students who are learning at home during the COVID-19 crisis. The programs will air on KERA-Channel 13 and will stream on KERA.org/Learn. The website includes a number of resources that – along with such […]
March 27, 2020 Boeing continues to support our communities and the heroic healthcare professionals working tirelessly to stop the COVID-19 virus. We’re taking additional steps to support COVID-19 recovery and relief efforts. These include: Boeing will begin using its 3D printing capabilities at several facilities across the United States to manufacture face shields to help […]
The Atmos Energy/Robert W. Best Charitable Giving Fund announced a $1.5 million donation to re-stock the shelves at local food banks around the country for students and families affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The escalating public health crisis is responsible for an unprecedented number of school closures, layoffs and economic disruptions across the country, and […]
President Trump has signed a historic $2 trillion economic recovery package into law Friday afternoon, shortly after the House of Representatives approved the bill. In an Oval Office ceremony Friday, the president thanked Republicans and Democrats “for coming together, setting aside their differences and putting America first” to pass the legislation. Trump was joined by […]
The House approved a massive $2 trillion package on Friday to address the COVID-19 pandemic, bailout airlines, expand jobless benefits and give families a quick infusion of cash. The Senate approved the measure 96-0 on Wednesday. President Donald Trump promised to sign it immediately. Bipartisan support was widespread. It’s the biggest emergency response in U.S. […]
BuzzBallz, LLC/Southern Champion Creates Hand Sanitizer for Local Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 27, 2020 On Friday, March 20, the CEO and founder of BuzzBallz, LLC/Southern Champion, Merrilee Kick, decided to adjust operations from solely cocktail production to add the creation of hand sanitizer, which would be donated to health care facilities, municipalities, and retail personnel in Texas. This decision was reached after the U.S. Food and […]
The Dallas Regional Chamber-like many employers-began mandating a work-from-home policy to slow the spread of COVID-19. In early March, the DRC team joined millions across the world in setting up home offices, adjusting to restructured teams, and plugging in to new technology systems to stay connected and productive. While most everyone can agree on the […]