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We are providing urgent assistance to families affected by the Michigan school shooting and remain committed to making a positive difference in the lives of those around us. As a nonprofit organization, Opulent Philanthropy Inc. is dedicated to serving the needs of our community. By supporting Opulent Philanthropy Inc., you are not only standing with grieving families but also helping to strengthen your community and build a brighter future for all.

 No Pay, No Food: Help Federal Workers Survive the Government Shutdown!

Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to the families and students struggling in the aftermath of this heartbreaking tragedy.
Here’s how your donation can help:
$25Food for a Day: Provides a grocery card to feed one affected family for a full day.$50Essential Supplies: Covers critical items like hygiene products, formula, or school supplies for a student.

$100Utility Assistance: Helps cover one week of a utility bill (gas, electric, or water) to keep a family's lights on and home functional.

$250Emergency Rent/Mortgage Support: Provides immediate assistance toward a partial rent or mortgage payment to prevent housing insecurity.

$500+Comprehensive Relief: Funds counseling services, temporary childcare, or helps a family replace essential lost items.
Reminder: Employees submit match request for monetary donations.
If your employer requires an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 45-3088713 

GRAND BLANC, Michigan (Reuters) -Authorities on Monday were working to determine why an ex-Marine drove his pickup truck into a Michigan church during a Sunday service, opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people before he died in a shootout with police. 

Summer Kerksick waited in line for two hours Tuesday to receive a box of canned and dry goods at a food bank event for federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

“With my rent due next week, I can take anything I can get,” Kerksick, a federal contractor and market research analyst with the Rural Export Center in the US Department of Commerce, told CNN.

“I haven’t gotten a paycheck this month, so the free groceries is very important, very helpful,” she added as she stood outside the event, which was organized by a DC food bank and a local religious group. “I’ve got to save every dime at this point.”

Kerksick is among the roughly 1.4 million federal employees who have been furloughed or are now working without pay.

 Lawmakers have yet to reach an agreement to pay federal workers. GOP Sen. Ron Johnson introduced a bill that would only pay those who are being asked to continue working through the weekslong shutdown, while Democrats are pushing for all federal workers to be paid. 

Capital Area Food Bank, which partnered with No Limits Outreach Ministries to host Tuesday’s event in Landover, Maryland, said it served more than 370 households — more than double the number of federal workers it was expecting. The event required federal employees to show their work ID to receive food.

“I’m overwhelmed by the line,” said Oliver Carter, the pastor at No Limits Outreach Ministries and organizer of the event. “I didn’t think we were going to have this many federal employees.”

 Carter’s wife, Pamelia Carter, works at the Department of Agriculture and has worked in the federal government for 38 years and seen several shutdowns. 

“I’ve run into quite a few coworkers here,” Pamelia Carter, the executive director of No Limits Outreach Ministries, told CNN, adding that the Tuesday’s event was “different” than the food outreach events the religious organization hosts every Friday. “There are at least 2 to 300 people in this line that we’re servicing today, federal employees. It’s mind-boggling.”

“I’m glad we’re at least able to do this because people have to eat. They have to feed their families, so this alone is a blessing,” she added.

Rolanda Williams, who works in the Social Security Administration, told CNN, “I can’t believe I’m here.” 

“You always thought that getting a government job or you know, a federal job, that that’s security, and it’s not,” Williams added.

Williams said at first, she didn’t think she would need the assistance of a food bank but as the shutdown drags on, she needs the help.

“Initially, I was like, well I’d rather let people that have kids, you know, go to the food banks so that everyone could have food because I was okay,” Williams told CNN. “But now … it’s like I need to stand in line too.”

Victims of Violence: Supporting the victims and their families during this tragedy. A gunman killed three students and wounded five people at Michigan State University on Monday night before leading authorities on a manhunt that ended when he fatally shot himself.  For hours, students and others sheltered in place on the East Lansing campus, home to 50,000 students. In addition to the three deaths, five people were transported to E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, where they were in critical condition, he said. As of Tuesday morning, all five were still in critical condition. The suspected shooter, identified as Anthony Dwayne McRae, 43, a man with no affiliation to the university, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.   

Disaster relief, providing shelter, food and water. Two people are dead, multiple people were injured and "heavy damage" reported after a destructive EF-3 tornado tore through northern Michigan Friday afternoon. There are 6,500 homes without power in Gaylord with some also without power in the surrounding area. In addition to the two dead, 44 are injured and one person is still unaccounted for after a tornado hit the Gaylord, Michigan area. The two people who died were in their 70s and both lived in a mobile home park. About 95% of the mobile home park has been destroyed, with "trailers picked up and turned over on top of each other. As of Friday, the injured were being treated at four separate hospitals. 23 patients have been admitted at Otsego Memorial Hospital, 12 patients at Grayling Hospital, eight patients at McLaren Northern Michigan Petoskey, and one patient Munson Medical Center Traverse City.