Estoy Con Puerto Rico Relief Effort

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January 11, 2020

Comité Noviembre, a New York City based non-profit that brings together the collective talents and resources of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organizations in the city, will announce that it will re-instate the Estoy Con Puerto Rico, (I am with Puerto Rico), Relief Effort. This efforts will raise funds to assist survivors of the earthquakes through non-profit organizations working directly with the community in the Southern region of Puerto Rico. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York will serve as fiscal conduit for this effort. The recent earthquakes have weakened further the already fragile infrastructure of the island. There is great fear of more building collapses, personal and property safety, food and water insecurity and electrical outages throughout the island.



Between September 2017 and September 2019, the Estoy Con Puerto Rico Effort raised over half a million dollars for the Hurricane Maria Relief Effort. It has provided much needed aid and services directly to 59 nonprofit organizations and 39 small businesses throughout the island. Today, the Estoy effort has aided 108 initiatives that have impacted 38 out of the 78 towns of Puerto Rico and 23 initiatives impacting all of the island. These non-profit organizations deal with issues ranging from health and mental health, education, solar energy, water shed projects, food insecurity, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, suicide prevention and many basic human need services. The small businesses and micro enterprises grants awarded were to assist in the creation of jobs and to stimulate the economy. Each of the organizations and businesses funded by the Estoy Con Puerto Rico effort provide proof of nonprofit status or business registration certificate, as well as a full written report on how the contribution was used and the impact it had on the community.

To Donate:
By Check or Money Order: Make payable to: Comité Noviembre & mail to: Comité Noviembre Managing Office, C/O: TAS Communications, LLC, 45 East Hartsdale Avenue, Suite 3L, Hartsdale, NY 10530 please state in memo section of check ESTOY CON PUERTO RICO.

Online:
catholiccharitiesny.org/estoyconpuertorico

Look for and Click link that states to donate directly to Comite Noviembre
Please make sure to earmark donation to ESTOY CON PUERTO RICO

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