Good News: Bloggers Sarah, Tom Bricker raise over $40,000 for former Disney employees

Disney bloggers Sarah and Tom Bricker raised over $40,000 for ir local food bank by starting a virtual fundraiser drive. Disney on September 29 anunced that it would lay off 28,000 employees in its California-based me park division in United States due to prolonged impact of COVID-19. While speaking to New York Times (NYT), Chairman of Disney Parks Josh D'Amaro said that this decision seemed only feasible option. 

A new target set 

fundraiser is for Second Harvest Food Bank in Central Florida. According to disneytouristblog.com, Second Harvest Food Bank is a n-profit that collects, stores, and distributes millions of meals per year to relieve hunger in local community. website states, “Second Harvest is an efficient and large-scale 501 (c)(3) nprofit organization with a Four Star Charity rating ( highest score) on Charity Navigator. y are also supported directly by Walt Disney World”.

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As per website, Brickers donated $500 for cause and in order to “match” first donations by reers. couple said that y are confident that people will definitely help m reach ir target. Recently, website posted an update saying that original goal has been accomplished and also y are setting a new goal of  $30,000. website said, “Your donations thus far will fund 90,000 meals for those in need. With scale of se layoffs and unemployment numbers in Central Florida, even more help is still urgently needed in our community”.

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In me parks of California and Florida, Disney h employed over 110,000 employees before pandemic. w, after newly anunced job cuts, entertainment giant will t have around 82,000 employees. Due to state's unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen, layoffs were aggravated in California, D'Amaro said in a statement. 

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