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Community Chest reallocates grants to help Camas-Washougal families in need

COVID-19 crisis has forced some grant recipients to cancel events, while other nonprofits have seen greater need during pandemic

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Beverly Skoda, administrative supervisor for the Children’s Home Society of Washington at the East County Resource Center in Washougal, stocks the center’s food pantry. A $5,000 emergency grant from the Camas-Washougal Community Chest will help fund the Washougal center’s school food backpack program, which helps feed at-risk children and families, during the COVID-19 crisis. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas-Washougal Community Chest)

When the Camas-Washougal Community Chest announced in early March that it had selected 28 nonprofits to receive $110,000 worth of grants, the COVID-19 crisis was just beginning to unfold.

More than two months into a crisis that has killed more than 100,000 Americans, shuttered businesses and banned large-group gatherings throughout the state, the world looks a lot different.

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