Senator from Nebraska is giving Los Angeles wildfire victims half of the profits from her small business

Senator from Nebraska is giving Los Angeles wildfire victims half of the profits from her small business

LINCOLN – Nebraska State Senator Megan Hunt is using two of her small businesses to help those affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Both Five Nine and Ceremony Shop, located in downtown Omaha, cater to the art and vintage communities.

Hunt will donate 50% of her in-store and online profits to various GoFundMe accounts for people in California.

She stated that it is her top priority to use her platform as a local lawmaker and small business owner to assist others.

“One thing I really believe as a business owner is you have a platform, you have customers, you are making some money hopefully,” Hunt went on. “I think that if you can manage it, it is good to use that platform to help other people that are in need.”

Hunt told Channel 8 that she chose to donate to multiple GoFundMe accounts to ensure that the money goes directly into the pockets of those in need.

“We have had a lot of internal discussions about whether we should donate to these organizations that are distributing funds. “How can we get it directly to the people who need it?” she asked. “And there is never going to be a perfect answer but I encourage everybody who wants to give support to the survivors of the fires in LA to do whatever feels right for you.”

Hunt has done things like this before.

She has previously raised funds for organizations in Nebraska and throughout the United States.

Hunt explained that it is her way of making everyone feel welcomed and supported.

“You know, this is one thing we took the initiative to do ourselves, knowing how many customers we have and designers we work with in Los Angeles who are suffering right now,” she told me.

Right now, Hunt believes the focus should be on assisting the people of Los Angeles rather than politicizing the crisis.

“What we need to do is make sure that we are caring for each other and if you look around, you see lots of people in the community who are there in solidarity and no matter what election turnout says, you do see those people who just want to help each other,” she told the audience.

Both of Hunt’s stores will continue to donate half of their profits for the next week.

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