Nonprofits have felt pressure throughout COVID-19 crisis

April 10, 2020
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United Way is an organization that raises funds, primarily at the workplace, and then distributes that money to local charities. Here in the Phoenix area we have Valley of the Sun United Way. Arizona Horizon’s Ted Simons talked to Carla Vargas Jasa, President & CEO of the Valley of the Sun United Way, about how the charity is stepping up during this time of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Carla Vargas Jasa, CEO and executive director of the Valley of the Sun United Way

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