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ABC WORLD NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR
Meet the College Students Assisting Essential Workers
PEOPLE MAGAZINE
College Roommates Launch Program to Help Essential Workers in Need: ‘Make a Meaningful Impact’
"Since launching in April, Give Essential has reached over 12,000 essential workers and donors combined across 49 states. It's also managed to raise the equivalent of nearly $500,000 in donations, recruit over 100 volunteers nationwide and establish partnerships with dairy farms in Vermont as well as homeless shelters in Philadelphia.
"I think, especially with the quarantines and social distancing, it's been easy to feel constrained, but Give Essential has served to facilitate these impactful connections beyond these limitations," Guan shares. "It's been amazing fostering these forms of community, even despite such an uncertain time."
"We've been able to see how much of a difference one small gift or gesture can make. Being willing to speak out, act and do something — no matter how small — can make a really big difference."
HUFFINGTON POST
My Roommate And I Made An App To Help Essential Workers Desperate For Supplies
Give Essential started as an idea, grew into a group chat, and snowballed into a community with hundreds of connections across the country. During this time of uncertainty and disappointment, it has uncovered heartwarming stories of people who just want to do good, willing to go miles out of their way to give to strangers who need help.