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CONQUERING COVID CONQUERING COVID

100% VIRTUAL TOURS DONATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Our community teams continue to provide WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
virtual tours to ensure safety for everyone. CONTINUING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Place One Apartments
We experienced some outstanding virtual partnered with Henrico County School Administration to have a
tours and rewarded Queenstown and Capitol bus full of non-perishable food and school supplies delivered to our
Park Plaza for their outstanding work during residents. With more than enough to go around, the Place One team
a recent Virtual Tour competition. decided to share this positivity with residents from neighboring
communities. In addition, So What Else Baltimore and 4MyCity
graciously made donations to CityPlace on the Avenue (Greenwillow,
Boone, and Orchard), Woodland and Upton, and EastView Communities
(Commons, Station, and Place). Thank you to all!

SIGNAGE SPREADS THE WORD

Numerous variations of flyers advising residents on social Global Pandemic, Local Impact
Even before the pandemic, nearly 400,000 people in our area struggled with food insecurity.
distancing, wearing masks, washing hands and other safety Today, that number is rising rapidly as the economic impacts of COVID-19 affect people around the
world and in our own backyards. A snapshot of what’s happening —and how you can help—is below.
measures were distributed by our communities. We also IN RECENT WEEKS, demand for emergency food has increased dramatically
produced flyers that outlined suggestions for activities that due to the pandemic. To continue our partnership with Capital Area Food Bank
residents can enjoy in their own apartments while our and provide supplemental food support to residents at our properties, MidCity, IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC ON
amenity spaces are closed. Edgewood, Vantage, and our partner, the Alice and Eugene Ford Foundation, Hunger in 265,000 30–400% 3×
Our Region unemployment claims increases in numbers of more people calling
have donated $100,000 to to the food bank’s have been filed in our people coming through our our Hunger Lifeline to
get help finding food.
service area since March.
nonprofit partners’ doors.
efforts. This contribution will enable up to a
quarter-million meals for those in need in the
local area.Join us in creating hunger solutions IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC ON
for tomorrow by making a contribution: CAFB 50% 75% 100
https://fal.cn/38sOp Operations of our nonprofit partners decrease in retail truckloads of food
are closed because many
purchased in April —
donations due to supply
are run by older volunteers or chain disruptions—a lost almost triple what we
those with underlying health in-kind value of $2 million purchased all of last
concerns. We ordinarily have per month. year—to keep inventory
450 network partners. steady through June.
Below: The team at Mount Carmel Elderly
packaged and delivered Easter Meals for their How We’re Responding
residents, singing songs while delivering them.
20 10,000 18 10,000
Community Hubs have emergency boxes of shelf meal sites for kids are still seniors are still receiving
been set up. Hubs are large stable food have been open, providing a daily grab- boxes of supplementary
nonprofit partners that are packed by our volunteers. and-go dinner instead of a shelf-stable groceries
distributing extra food to Each feeds a family of 4 for sit-down meal. every month.
account for the closure of 4–5 days. 20,000+ more will
other locations. be made this month.
No one should go hungry during a pandemic.
Together, we can make sure no one has to.
DONATE AT: capitalareafoodbank.org
Information accurate as of 5 / 1 / 2020.