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Consider helping others
Many of us will be fortunate enough to both receive a cash payment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and yet also retain our jobs and full salaries because we can work remotely.
If this is the case for you, please consider using some or all of those funds to support others in need. Whether it’s a small business whose business has been significantly reduced or closed, a charity whose fundraising events have had to shut down, or a neighbor who is out of work, your funds can help us all to weather the storm. You might even consider donating the money you would have spent on hair salons, masseuses, or other businesses that are not considered essential directly to those businesses to keep them afloat.
Congress has done its best to try and get the money to the people who need it the most, but there’s no magic formula to use and here’s our chance to help make those monies go even further. Stay safe everyone!
Heather Nelson
Moscow