Oprah Winfrey is giving grants to the cities she's called home through her 12-million-dollar coronavirus relief fund.
She has announced that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will donate money to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in Chicago; Baltimore; Nashville, Tennessee; Milwaukee; and Kosciusko, Mississippi, where she was born.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox
Winfrey is asking those who have money to look in your own neighbourhood, in your own backyard to see how you can serve and where your service is most essential.
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