COVID-19 Response

Donate and Help Support Recovery in Muscatine County

Helping our community is our top priority. 100% of donations help our neighbors – we keep nothing.

The Community Continuity Fund was established to support the immediate needs of our neighbors in Muscatine County. New needs are created each day by interruptions in services, potential shortages in food and funding, and gaps in nutrition for food-insecure children, families, and seniors.

There are many ways to donate. To give to the fund and have your donation matched:

Funds are distributed to non-profit organizations in Muscatine County who have applied for grant money. Funds awarded in late April benefited:

• Trinity Muscatine Hospital Foundation – protective equipment and supplies
• Pearl City Outreach – food supplies
• Wilton Community School District – assistance feeding students and help providing internet access
• Senior Resources – protective equipment and staff support
• West Liberty Early Learning Center – day care and cleaning supplies
• Iowa Jobs for America’s Graduates (iJAG) – support local outreach to at-risk high school students
• Trinity Muscatine Public Health – supplies for COVID-19 postive patients and their families
• Muscatine Center for Social Action (MCSA) – food for the pantry
• Iowa Legal Aid – remote technology support
• Salvation Army Muscatine – food for pantry and assistance (2 grants)
• Aligned Impact Muscatine (AIM) – supplies for Community Cleaning Supply and Hygiene Closet
• Lutheran Services Iowa (LSI) – tele-health, virtual home visitation facilitation
• Family Resources, Inc. – tele-health and related services
• Muscatine Diaper Bank – purchase diapers
• Wilton Retirement Community – offset costs of the expanded equipment and supply needs related to COVID containment efforts
• West Liberty Area Ministerial Association – Assist families with rent, utilities, gasoline vouchers, car repairs, medicine, etc.
• West Liberty Food Bank – Increased need for food supplementation for current enrollees and for new families
• L&M Falcon Locker – Replenish food supply for backpack program depleted by COVID-19.
• United Way – Meal kits to families

Stay at home Muscatine t-shirts are available for purchase. Shirts are $15 and encourage stay at home efforts while supporting the Continuity Fund. To purchase a shirt:

1. Visit our Donate page.
2. Select Muscatine County Funds.
3. Select Stay At Home T-shirt in the drop down menu.
4. Comment your desired quantity and size.

In partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Muscatine, $5,000 in gift certificates will be purchased from local restaurants and distributed to essential health professionals. This project supports local businesses in their time of need, while finding a small way to thank the individuals who are working tirelessly to keep our community safe. To give to this project:

1. Visit our Donate page.
2. Select Muscatine County Funds.
3. Choose Gift Certificates in the drop down menu.

We know that assistance is best provided by a network of experts as experienced as service providers, but funding may be a barrier to successful implementation of containment efforts and assistive services. We are working to align the funding received to fill the identified gaps in resources quickly and effectively.

As residents of Muscatine County, we have all been impacted in small or large ways by containment efforts. We trust that you will lend a hand to support whether through your donation, continued adherence to recommended protocol, effective management of your resources, sharing your time, or providing your emotional support to those most impacted and those tasked with the role of being a caretaker or care provider.

This is an unusual time. It is OK to feel a bit confused or overwhelmed.

State and federal measures are being taken in an attempt to shorten the time we are impacted by COVID-19. Hang in there – our community cares!