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  • Restaurants Need Income, Families Need Food. Two Marylanders Are Helping Both At Once

    April 03, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Silver Spring, Maryland

    With businesses and families alike hurting during the pandemic, one nonprofit is helping both by buying meals from local restaurants and delivering them to families in need. People who have been stuck at home but want to help their community nonetheless, have donated enough to provide 3,000 meals and almost $30,000 in revenue for local businesses. While the effort isn't a silver bullet, families and business owners are grateful for the help.

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  • 4 UC Berkeley students launch SF Food Friends in response to COVID-19 pandemic

    April 03, 2020 |

    The Daily Californian |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Grad students in the Bay Area concerned about the impacts of the coronavirus created a platform that matches at-risk residents with low-risk residents to deliver necessities like groceries and prescriptions. The group is partnering not only with large grocery stores but also with those smaller shops struggling to stay afloat.

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  • With N95s in short supply, Lafayette General is sourcing disposable masks from surgical wraps

    April 03, 2020 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

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    Response Location: United States, Lafayette, Louisiana

    Personal protective equipment has been in short supply as the pandemic caught the United States off guard. In an effort to fill the gap, a company in Louisiana called Action Specialties has been manufacturing disposable masks for healthcare workers using the blue sterilization wrap that was used to package medical instruments. There is a large supply of the wrap because demand has been down during the pandemic, so they have been working full time to produce 8,000 disposable masks each week. The masks produced will then go be distributed to hospital workers at Lafayette General Health Hospital.

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  • Homewood company converts backpack operation to produce medical face shields

    April 03, 2020 |

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Day Owl is a Pittsburgh company known for producing sustainably-sourced backpacks, but in response to the pandemic they have shifted gears to producing medical-grade masks for health care workers. They began shipping out the masks in early April and expect to produce between 1,000 to 2,000 masks a day. The company is working with the support of local foundations and has already received orders from Highmark for 30,000 face shields.

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  • Rural food banks struggle to meet increased need with fewer volunteers

    April 03, 2020 |

    The Spokesman-Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Stevens County, Washington

    The Loon Lake Food Bank & Resource Center is a rural food bank that has pivoted its model in response to the novel coronavirus. They are now operating a drive-through system that gives away hundreds of boxes of free food to those who need it, and they also get supplies through a “food recovery” system with local grocery stores. The operation is continuing to expand but still desperately needs more volunteers.

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  • Here's how doctors are monitoring more than 350 Delaware coronavirus patients virtually

    April 03, 2020 |

    The News Journal (Delaware Online) |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    In Delaware, doctors have turned to telehealth amidst the COVID19 pandemic to treat patients safely and remotely. Using systems called ChristianaCare and CarVio, doctors are monitoring more than 350 coronavirus-positive patients, reaching out to them up to four times daily. The platforms are also being used for individuals without COVID19, who need to see a doctor for other reasons, but don’t want to risk visiting in person.

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  • Food trucks get creative to survive the coronavirus crisis, from selling groceries to pivoting to delivery

    April 03, 2020 |

    Restaurant Hospitality |

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    Food trucks and other street food businesses are shifting their approach to meet the new demands of a largely stay-at-home workforce. Some are parking on residential streets at night instead of office parking lots during the day and others are selling basic groceries or delivering takeout to their customers.

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  • As virus rages, Berkeley's 'Mother Goose' aids homeless people abandoned by the system

    April 03, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Activists in Berkeley, California, are filling in what they say is a gap in homeless services during the coronavirus outbreak. Volunteers are safely delivering food and other supplies to those without shelter.

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  • With Nothing To 'Fall Back On,' Santa Monica College Food Giveaway Helps Some Students Survive

    April 03, 2020 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Monica, California

    In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, California community college, Santa Monica College, organized a pop-up, drive-thru food giveaway for its students. The resources were funded with help from the Santa Monica College Foundation, and each student received non-perishables, ready-to-eat meals, and bakery items.

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  • Amid a global pandemic, kindness prevails over fear through mutual aid funds

    April 03, 2020 |

    USC Annenberg Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    Mutual aid programs that connect those in need with funds or assistance have launched across the nation as a means for many to navigate the closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. For university students, these donations are helping to fill an economic gap that will still persist for many despite federal stimulus funds.

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