From the moment we made the decision to work remotely nearly two weeks ago the entire staff at Spare Key http://www.sparekey.org has remained focused on three things:

• Staying safe and healthy
• Ensuring others are staying safe and healthy
• And building out the capacity of our http://www.HelpMeBounce.org platform

After a quick review of our finances with our accountant and with our Chief Administrative Officer Alexia Sebesta we made another decision, too.

Spare Key would not be asking donors to contribute money to Spare Key.

Yesterday, on our Spare Key Team Meeting we reconfirmed that message:  Spare Key doesn’t want your money.  We want you and your family to stay safe and when you are able to we want you to consider serving another family.

Spare Key does not want you making donations to Spare Key.

We want you to consider — when you can — making a donation directly to a family at our http://www.HelpMeBounce.org platform.

And, if you know a family facing a medical crisis — perhaps being directly impacted by COVID-19 or some other critical illness or serious injury — direct them to http://www.HelpMeBounce.org and get them signed up now.

This platform is a fee-free way to create a community of givers who can help families avoid adding a financial crisis to their medical crisis.

It is 100% free to families.

Spare Key receives nothing.  Zilch.  Nada.  Zero.

For donors, you get 100% assurance that your donations are going SPECIFICALLY and ONLY to those areas of family need you have chosen to donate to.

For donors, 100% of your funds go SPECIFICALLY and ONLY to those areas of family need you have chosen to donate to.

Spare Key receives nothing.  Zilch.  Nada.  Zero.

The platform is live in 41 states.  To find out which ones go to https://sparekey.org/program/our-impact

That means we are in front of nearly 240 million Americans — millions of them waiting and willing to be ready to help others in need.

Spare Key has operating needs, of course.  We have staff to pay.  Health insurance to cover.  And other monthly expenses we have to address.

But, for now, we are looking elsewhere for those funds — we are not asking individual donors to help us address those needs.

The first priority, for us, is to make sure that you and your family stay safe and healthy.

Deal with you financial needs during these challenging times.

There will come a time and a day when you can and want to be able to financially support others.

When that time and day comes.

Don’t give your money to Spare Key.

Give your money directly to a family at http://www.HelpMeBounce.org