The St. Clair County Community Foundation has established a new disaster fund to assist county residents in the event of a major incident in the future.
The new fund will target events that “overwhelm a community’s resource capacity,” including natural, man-made, and economic disasters.
“We have all seen so many disasters happening across the country recently,” Community Foundation Board Chair Patty Manley said in a news release announcing the fund. “Here in Michigan, we’ve had flooding in Midland, tornadoes in Gaylord, and tragic mass shootings in other communities. We couldn’t wait any longer to take a proactive approach.”
The James C. Acheson Charitable Foundation has contributed $50,000 to the fund, and the Community Foundation hopes to contribute an additional $50,000 by 2025.
