How COVID impacted our Members’ financial health

Member storIES

SaverLife was a lifeline for members across the country during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Throughout the pandemic, SaverLife worked tirelessly to stand by its Members. Together with our partners and funders, we launched nationwide campaigns and challenges to help families weather the unprecedented financial hardships caused by COVID-19. Through these efforts, SaverLife provided Members with more than $2.5 million in direct support at a time when they needed it most.

Throughout COVID-19, SaverLife provided Members with more than $2.5M in direct support through national campaigns and challenges.

We also made it a priority to elevate the voices of our Members. By sharing their stories, we aimed to ensure that policymakers and the broader public could better understand how the pandemic was affecting the financial health of real people and communities. From the loss of income and mounting medical bills to the pain of losing loved ones and enduring long recoveries, SaverLife Members showed extraordinary resilience in the face of tragedy and hardship.

Below, we share the voice of some of the Members who allowed us to amplify their experiences during this critical time, many of who were recipients of emergency cash payments.

Hear directly from Members

  1. My savings is 3x what I had before joining. Before the pandemic I didn’t see the need, but since then my savings have gone way up.
    gena, saverlife member
  2. It really helped. It was just a little bit of hope, a little bit of light, a positive thing that I really needed at the time.
    Ashley, Saverlife Member
  3. With cases higher than ever, my guilt and anxiety are back in full force, but we can’t afford not to work.
    rhiannon, saverlife member
  4. I signed up thinking there was a one in a million chance to win but I won a week or two later—I’ve won almost $100 through SaverLife.
    Emmanuel, SaverLife Member

Insights we generated throughout COVID-19

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