GoFundMe Launches Its Own Fundraiser to Help Federal Workers Who Aren’t Getting Paid

GoFundMe has launched a fundraiser on its platform to help the 800,000 federal workers who aren’t getting paid during the partial government shutdown.

The organization has partnered with Deepak Chopra to create a relief fund for workers who’ve been either furloughed or have been required to continue working without pay for the past month. Chopra is an Indian-born American author and alternative medicine advocate.

“Government workers, through no fault of their own, can’t afford to put diapers on their newborns,” GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon wrote in news release on the website. “Employees of the most powerful nation in the world are being forced to work without pay and line up at diaper or food banks. It makes no sense.” . .

The donations will be given directly to nonprofits that are assisting federal employees with food, counseling, housing support, and other needs. . .

More than $170,000 had been raised by Tuesday morning since the page was launched over the weekend. (Read more from “GoFundMe Launches Its Own Fundraiser to Help Federal Workers Who Aren’t Getting Paid” HERE)

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