Reeb Avenue Partner, St. Stephen’s Community House worked to serve over 130 families in just one day at their Food and Nutrition Center. Volunteers helped fill hundreds of food boxes, Buckeye Health Plan generously donated $2,500, The Catholic Foundation continued support and a gift of $10,000, and donors reached into their own pockets in this time of need to address food insecurity.
Read more: www.saintstephensch.org/all/news/in-a-crisis-miracles-can-happen
Local distilleries including Watershed Distillery, Middle West Spirits, and High Bank Distillery have taken the innovative approach of switching their production facilities over to produce hand sanitizer for the community.
Learn more here:
Watershed Distillery: https://www.watersheddistillery.com/hand-sanitizer
High Bank Distillery: https://www.highbankco.com/
Middle West Spirits: https://middlewestspirits.com/
Grove City Church of the Nazarene (commonly referred to as “The Naz”) has undertaken projects that are helping to make sure students in the South-Western City School District are receiving nourishment for their bodies even as their schools are closed due to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s order. The church collected food items to provide dinners for South-Western students March 30 and April 1.
Read more: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200406/meal-drives-through-naz-feed-body-soul-in-grove-city
Battelle received emergency authorization from the FDA to begin deploying its sterilization system that will clean up to 80,000 N95 masks per day, allowing each mask to be used up to 20 times.
Dr. Hines donated the offices’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to a few nursing homes and to Ohio Health. Among the items included are gloves, masks, disinfecting wipes and soap. Dr. Hines shared, “Let’s keep trying to save someone who’s trying to save someone.”
Learn more about Hines Little Smiles here: https://www.facebook.com/hineslittlesmiles/
In Columbus and around the state, we are #InThisTogether. Cbus businesses and organizations join forces to help the community with wonderful advancements and contributions.
Honking car horns replaced a church choir and pianist but still did the job of bringing people together.
Credit: Maria K. Kuhlman, ThisWeek Community News
Read the full story: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200330/westerville-central-college-presbyterians-drive-in-food-for-soul-fits-times
A group of Reynoldsburg police officers surprised a 7-year-old girl and held a social distancing birthday party for her.
Read the full story: https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/reynoldsburg-police-hold-social-distancing-birthday-party-for-7-year-old-girl
No act of kindness is too big or too small. Shopping Angel volunteers step up to help high-risk groups get supplies they need during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read the full story: https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/shopping-angels-help-high-risk-groups-get-the-supplies-they-need-during-pandemic
Thankful for the Ohio State med students who are volunteering to ease the stress on doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers on the front lines.