Imagine, if only for a day, that San Joaquin County’s nonprofits were shuttered, unable to serve as a safety net of support to our residents-where one in three households do not even earn enough to meet their basic needs.
A day without a single Goodwill store, donation site or recycling hub would mean widespread dumping. A day without the Emergency Food Bank will leave over 500 families per day with food insecurity. Our county has 29% fewer primary care physicians and 20% higher infant mortality, thousands of patients each day are served by our nonprofit clinics from Planned Parenthood to federally qualified clinics such as Community Medical Center or Golden Valley.
If not for them our emergency rooms would be jammed. Not a pretty picture…