The Panhandle Disaster Relief Fund at Amarillo Area Foundation has been in place since 2006 and has been used numerous times to offer financial assistance, especially from devastation due to wildfires. This week, AAF contributed $200,000 to the Panhandle Disaster Relief Fund. The goal is to help meet the challenges this crisis has placed on nonprofits across the Panhandle, especially in at-risk communities.

The Texas Panhandle is currently facing an unprecedented crisis due to COYID-19, but AAF’s mission of improving quality of life for Texas Panhandle residents has not changed.

“We are continually monitoring the situation and the needs that are arising,” AAF representatives said, “but we anticipate that our general area of support will go to ensure that no one in our communities goes hungry or without medical care. We are also looking at opportunities to help first responders and employees in the medical field with childcare as they continue to be on the front line in our defense.”

Statistics have shown that the Texas Panhandle has one of the highest giving percentages per capita in the nation. ‘We take care of our neighbors,” an AAF spokesperson said. Contribute to the Panhandle Disaster Relief Fund by donating online at https:11www.amarilloareafoundation.orgldisasterl or mailing your check to AAF— Panhandle Disaster Relief Fund, 801 S. Fillmore Suite 700, Amarillo, TX 79101. The Foundaton staff is working remotely, so please only donate online or by mail.