Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon announced on Sunday he is donating $10,000 to help the city of Flint, Michigan with their toxic water emergency. Alerts to the city were issued in September and since then, the community has become unraveled and plagued with a state of emergency due to the dangerous levels of lead in drinking water. It is reported at least 10 have died as a result of the contamination. Governor Snyder is calling the disaster his “Katrina.“
“It’s a disaster,” he said when asked about the comparison some critics have made to the 2005 natural disaster in New Orleans that became a symbol of government mismanagement—city, state, and federal. “It’s clearly a negative on what we’ve accomplished since I’ve been governor.”
A $10,000 donation has been offered by rapper Big Sean, along with an online fundraising effort by the Detroit native in connection with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint which has raised more than $20,000
Fallon, in Sunday’s tweet, challenges other celebrities to make contributions to the distressed city, as well.
Cheers to everyone stepping in to help the people of Flint, Michigan.