New emergency funds for El Paso, Teller counties
"It's not an if, it's a when," Butterworth said. "We hope we don't need to activate it for a long time. But it will happen at some point."
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The two funds come as communities across the nation grapple with how best to raise money and help victims in the wake of increasingly severe and common disasters, he said. Communities in
After a mass shooting in
The latest funds for
"For those who are compelled to give financial resources, we want to be ready to accept them at any time," he said. "And people who want to give, we can provide them a safe and credible, trusted place to make an investment. And then ensure that those who give know that we'll be responsible in the distribution and supporting the recovery efforts for victims and organizations who serve those people."
Previously, the foundation oversaw one fund for both counties, the
The funds will only be used for "a municipally declared emergency or disaster," Butterworth said, such as disasters where local leaders seek formal emergency declarations that make state or federal funds available. Often, they are on the scale of the
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To learn more about the fund, visit ppcf.org/relief.
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