Jubilee Housing is pleased to announce it was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Safeway Foundation in July. Part of Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors program, the award is one of a few different emergency supports helping Jubilee and its community members find stability during this time of deep uncertainty.
The Nourishing Neighbors program, focused on ameliorating child hunger, has taken on new importance in the time of COVID-19. The Albertsons Companies, parent company of Safeway, made a new $50 million commitment to the program in April to meet the acute need brought on by the pandemic.
“This time of extraordinary need demands an unprecedented response,” said President and CEO Vivek Sankaran. “The basic needs of many of our neighbors have been threatened like never before.”
This response is not the first time Safeway’s corporate philanthropy has intersected with Jubilee’s mission to provide justice housing™. A longtime community partner to Jubilee, the Adams Morgan Safeway has always made resources available for low-income community members.
The Adams Morgan Safeway has employed Jubilee residents, including people returning from incarceration; provided donations of prepared food for cultural events such as Jubilee’s Hispanic Heritage and Black History Month celebrations; and allowed the Jubilee Housing Senior Club to post flyers for its events in the store.
“Safeway continues to be an example of neighbors helping neighbors in the good times and bad,” said Connie Bradley-Bryant, financial empowerment coordinator with Jubilee’s Family Services program. “Safeway immediately jumped into action to ensure that seniors in the Adams Morgan community have the necessary food they need during COVID-19.”
This $10,000 grant comes at a time when many members of the Jubilee community, like so many others in the nation, are gravely affected by the disruption COVID-19 is wreaking. As the crisis continues, basic needs like food and stable housing are becoming harder to secure and maintain.
The Safeway Foundation’s support will help provide critical grocery store gift cards to residents to offset the costs of purchasing food and essentials during a historic public health crisis.
No one should be denied safe housing or nourishing food. Jubilee thanks supporters like Safeway who are looking out for the needs of families during this time of deep uncertainty.
If you would like to help the Jubilee family with groceries and essentials, visit https://jubileehousing.org/grocery/ to make a donation to our families’ food needs.