A South Dakota organization is one of hundreds benefitting from a billionaire woman’s recent run of philanthropy.
MacKenzie Scott was part of Amazon’s founding and served as its first accountant. She was formerly married to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
She recently gave almost 400 donations totaling $4 billion to organizations around the country.
One of those is Meals On Wheels Western South Dakota. The group received $1.5 million.
The organization serves more than 1,200 meals to seniors every day. It will use the donation to expand its reach and to replace old appliances and equipment.
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