{"id":338,"date":"2020-07-11T01:53:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T01:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2020-07-26T01:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T01:35:37","slug":"columbia-gas-toledo-edison-and-the-city-of-toledo-provide-covid-19-relief-to-toledo-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/11\/columbia-gas-toledo-edison-and-the-city-of-toledo-provide-covid-19-relief-to-toledo-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Gas, Toledo Edison and the City of Toledo Provide COVID-19 Relief to Toledo Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Gas, Toledo Edison, and the City of Toledo Department of Utilities last week announced that the three organizations are collectively providing specific relief to local parishes and religious organizations who have been especially hard hit by COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>To assist Toledo\u2019s faith community, the three utilities have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspended turn off for non-payment through the pandemic<\/li>\n<li>Suspended late fees through the pandemic<\/li>\n<li>Agreed to expand repayment options in response to the pandemic<\/li>\n<li>Agreed to appoint a primary contact for religious congregations for further detail and to address concerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to Columbia Gas, Toledo Edison, and the City of Toledo for their support during these trying times,\u201d said Rev. Donald Perryman, Ph.D., of the Center of Hope.\u00a0 \u201cToledo\u2019s faith community provides emotional support, social services, and tangible assistance and we are being called on now more than ever.\u00a0 Thank you to these utilities for recognizing the role we play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without intervention many congregations would have been forced to permanently shut their doors, leaving tangible needs unmet. Suspending in-person worship has had a catastrophic economic impact. Many churches have lost the weekly donations-even if small-that sustains them and help pay their bills\u2014most notably their utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe utilities have said that the earlier they know about an issue, the easier it is for them to help.\u00a0 I urge our community to \u2018help them help us\u2019 by being proactive in seeking assistance,\u201d said Rev. Perryman.<\/p>\n<p>Primary contacts are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>City of Toledo Department of Public Utilities: Jennifer Jaqua <a href=\"tel:(419) 245-1888\">(419) 245-1888<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Columbia Gas of Ohio: Cheri Pastula <a href=\"tel:(419) 266-5623\">(419) 266-5623<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Toledo Edison: Margaret Adams <a href=\"tel:(419) 392-0481\">(419) 392-0481<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Gas, Toledo Edison, and the City of Toledo Department of Utilities last week announced that the three organizations are collectively providing specific relief to local parishes and religious organizations who have been especially hard hit by COVID-19. To assist Toledo\u2019s faith community, the three utilities have: Suspended turn off for non-payment through the pandemic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[16],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}