Imagine paradoxically finding yourself with more—not less—in the middle of a global crisis. Would you keep it to yourself or share it?
Tim Miranda, a software company manager currently working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, sits in his vehicle outside his Chelmsford, Mass. home, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Miranda, who usually works about 30 miles away in Cambridge, Mass., is donating his weekly $100 out of pocket commuting expenses to local charities that help provide meals and assistance to youth.
He’s been donating what he would have spent on gas and lunch to two local charities: a program providing weekend meals to children dependent on weekday school lunches for nutrition, and an initiative working to end gun violence among troubled youths. A similar trend is playing out in Britain, where people who suddenly aren’t making expensive commutes into London are being asked to donate the difference to the National Health Service; a campaign that provides menstrual pads to women who are homeless, refugees or struggling financially; and a nonprofit that helps victims of domestic violence.“The community is rallying around us.
Brenke said she hopes a fund she created will be “enough to help offset costs of childcare for my employees and/or provide bonuses.”
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