Archives for April 2020

LifeCare Alliance shows appreciation to Red Twig Farms for surprising Meals-on-Wheels staff with 50 bouquets of flowers for all of the hard work they’ve put in to help feed our community during this time!

Photo credit: LifeCare Alliance LinkedIn

COVID-19 has forced many with compromised immune systems to stay home, meaning the demand for home-delivered meals in our community is higher than ever. More than 1,500 central Ohio residents – such as James Robinson – have signed up to deliver Meals-on-Wheels and critical supplies to homebound members of our community. In addition, LifeCare Alliance recently teamed up with Feed the Children to distribute 480 sets of shelf-stable food and hygiene packs to central Ohioans, and volunteers are powering this local relief effort.

 

Read more here: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/volunteering-to-help-those-in-need/

 

German Village residents put stuffed bears and other animals in windows, or create scenes, so passersby have something to look at and mark down in a notebook. The hunt allows people to have something to do outside while adhering to social-distancing practices.

Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Read more here: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200426/german-village-residents-displaying-tracking-stuffed-animals-for-teddy-bear-hunt

Roosevelt Coffee invites you to join the community and give healthcare workers the gift of coffee. Here’s how:

1. You can buy as many bags as you want for them and Roosevelt Coffee will deliver it to those heroes.
2. OR you can buy yourself any regular priced bag in their shop and Roosevelt Coffee will donate one of the healthcare bags to a healthcare professional.

Read More Here: https://roosevelt.coffee/?fbclid=IwAR2sS4mT1t08vGUCD0sxbXokDQd1i6B4F-u2pE1y8WgS49-EDVol60KuyJ0

Local Production Company, Mills James’ designers and fabricators took it upon themselves to develop a simple, ingenious shield to keep our heroes safe.

Read More Here: https://hilliardohio.gov/local-production-company-mills-james-donates-ppe-to-hilliard-division-of-police/?fbclid=IwAR274WkpS2zbfkK3xYoa7IBGktnrxsYcm-p9lT8RrW5UvyhUHcrSnYl2b9k

Honking car horns replaced a church choir and pianist but still did the job of bringing people together. Some Central College Presbyterian Church members honked their car horns in praise during a drive-in service and held an encore a week later.

Read More Here: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200330/westerville-central-college-presbyterians-drive-in-food-for-soul-fits-times

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=54&v=kJpGMdMNal4&feature=emb_title

 

Grove City Church of the Nazarene, collected food items to provide dinners for South-Western students March 30 and April 1. Dinner distribution supplemented the grab-and-go breakfast and lunch meals the district is providing daily for students to pick up at 15 school sites.

Read More Here:

https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200406/meal-drives-through-naz-feed-body-soul-in-grove-city

Michelle Graef is spreading a positive message by spray painting “You Can Do Hard Things” by people’s homes, businesses, etc. (at their request). She is taking donations for ROX (Ruling Our Experiences) in exchange for her time.

See more photos here: https://www.instagram.com/invitemetoyoursidewalk/

The Ohio State Marching Band created the “Socially Distanced Buckeye Battle Cry” that features 61 of the band’s members.

Read more here: news.osu.edu/ohio-state-marching-band-comes-together-virtually-for-a-buckeye-battle-cry/

Music brings us together in a special way, and thanks to the creativity of Can’t Stop Cbus, you can submit a request for a free curbside concert from a local musician for a loved one who is homebound.

Here’s the story: www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/in-this-together/cant-stop-columbus-lifts-spirits-with-curbside-concerts

Request a concert here: sendaconcert.herokuapp.com