The City of Toronto is helping with efforts to raise money to help the victims and their families, along with first responders and others affected by this week’s tragic incident.
Mayor John Tory says they have partnered with the Toronto Foundation..to help coordinate funds, “There is one well know organization that has things in place to deal with precisely this kind of thing, to pull together the generous support that people wish to offer of a financial nature. The campaign is called #TorontoStrongFund. This will ensure that donations can be put together in one place, and then can flow to families and agencies and others in an orderly fashion, including victims services.”
The City of Toronto & Toronto Foundation have launched the #TorontoStrong Fund to support victims, families, first responders, & all those affected by Monday’s attack, https://t.co/mjRG4Dlgqn pic.twitter.com/YoljzFwf4y
— John Tory (@JohnTory) April 24, 2018
A Go Fund Me page has also been set up, by CanadaZakat, “They have both generously and kindly stepped forward to take some preliminary efforts to assist families as well. What we are going to do now is try to coordinate with these groups, so that people know exactly how things are being handled,” Tory says.
So far over $133, 000 has been raised through the Go Fund Me page.
More information can be found on #TorontoStrongFund or on the GoFundMe Toronto fundraising page.
