New Milford Mayor Pete Bass has been working with the town Finance Department to create the New Milford COVID- 19 Resiliency Fund.  It will work with seed funding from a individuals, private foundations, corporations and others. 

Bass says the Fund will rapidly deploy resources to trusted, frontline community organizations that meet the basic needs of local residents.  The Fund’s purpose is to help alleviate the social and economic consequences of this global pandemic. 

Bass says the New Milford COVID 19 Resiliency Fund is designed to be flexible in its focus, nimble in its action, and to compliment other resources at the national, state and local levels. 

Donations are Federally Tax Deductible and checks must include Town of New Milford, CT - COVID 19 -Resiliency Fund" in the memo.  They can be sent to 10 Main Street attention Mayor's Office.