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<strong>Protecting Durham's Most Vulnerable Residents During COVID-19: </strong>Your One-Stop Shop for What Nonprofits, Businesses, &amp; Faith Communities Are Doing to Help

Community now is more important than ever.

In the next few weeks, and even months, our communities will continue to face a lot of uncertainty. And in times of such frightening and unprecedented uncertainty, it is easy to think only of ourselves. But at ReCity, we believe in the power of proximity to create empathy and spark collaboration. COVID-19 is a new challenge for all of us, but we believe the power of proximity is just as necessary now as ever.

The question is, How can we stay proximate to the vulnerable when love demands that we practice “social distancing?” 

The answer? While the physical proximity to our neighbor needs to change, what shouldn’t change is our proximity to the needs of our neighbor.

In the coming weeks, as you make the difficult—but important—choices to practice social distancing, don’t let that distancing turn into complete withdrawal. Stay proximate to the vulnerable in your community in these three ways:

How to Serve

Our network takes a cross-sector approach to social impact: we partner with nonprofits, businesses, and the faith community to holistically address injustices in our communities. We have divided support and service opportunities by those same categories below.

This is a dynamic and every-changing list, as the needs in our communities shift and the available resources adapt to fill them. Please reach out to info@recitynetwork.org with other opportunities and resources.

1. Food Resources

2. Housing Resources

3. Childcare/Educational Resources

4. Employment Resources

5. Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Resources

Here is ReCity’s Black-Owned Business Guide and here is a growing list of Durham businesses that you can support by:

  1. Ordering no-contact delivery (as long as it’s available & safe)

  2. Buying gift cards now for later use

Support Opportunities and Resources

Here are some resources provided by ReCity faith partners: