Mackenzie Scott donates $1 million to YWCA in Hamilton Share Updated: 9:20 AM EST Dec 21, 2020 WLWT Digital Staff Share Updated: 9:20 AM EST Dec 21, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BILLION DOLLARS IN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. BY NOW YOU HAVE LIKELY HEARD ABOUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DONATED TO ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY MACKENZIE SCOTT. THE NOVELIST INVENTOR PHILANTHROPIST IS ALSO THE EX-WIFE OF AMAZON CEO, JEFF BEZOS. SHE DONATED MORE THAN THREE. SHE DONATED TO MORE THAN 350 CHARITIES THAT HE BELIEVED 384 IS THE COUNT RIGHT NOW WITH MILLIONS PROMISED TO ORGANIZATIONS SERVING GREATER CINCINNATI, 3 FAR-REACHING GROUPS RECEIVED THE MUCH-NEEDED BOOST HERE IN OUR AREA THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI GOT 9 MILLION THE YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI RECEIVED TEN MILLION AND OUR LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS GOT A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR DONATION. IT WAS SO VALIDATING AND GRATIFYING TO HAVE THAT WORK RECOGNIZED IN THIS WAY AND TO HAVE THAT THAT TRUST PLACED IN US AS NONPROFIT LEADERS WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH GREAT WORK MANY OF THEM RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF US. SO WE’LL WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SU MAGNIFY THE IMPACT OF THAT. I’LL START TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM YMCA JORGE PEREZ. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JUST WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. THEY’VE HAD TO ESSENTIALLY COMPLETELY SWITCH GEARS FROM WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED FOR 2022 MAKING SURE THAT THEY COULD ADAPT FOR 2021 THE ORGANIZATION’S TELL US THIS WILL HELP THEM CONTINUE TO REACH PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC BUT ALSO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM CHANGES TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR YEARS TO COME. A SHININ