UW Establishes COVID-19 Employee Emergency Fund
Posted: 7/12/2020 (Demography News)
Many UW employees face very challenging personal circumstances as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Last month, the UW started a donor-supported COVID-19 Employee Emergency Fund to help employees who have been significantly affected by the current situation.
Thank you to those of you who have already helped seed this fund. Your donations are providing emergency assistance for employees with a base annual salary of $75,000 or less who are experiencing critical, temporary and unforeseen financial hardships due to COVID-19. If you haven’t yet donated to support our community, please consider making a gift this week. Impacted employees have expressed repeatedly how grateful they are to learn that their community is working to ensure they are valued and cared for.
UW’s hardworking health-care workers, faculty and staff are the driving force behind our university’s continued success in serving the state, students, and advancing knowledge and discovery. Through their incredible dedication, hard work, talent and creativity, they don’t merely make this impact possible, they MAKE the impact. Thank you for supporting the people who serve here and make the UW a world leader that it is today.