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It's simple - if you need help, ask. If you can help, respond out of the goodness of your heart. This can include running errands, picking up groceries, getting help with technology to stay connected to loved ones, etc. In a time where fear can be overwhelming, we choose kindness, generosity, and love for our neighbors.
"We are working hard to keep filling bottles of hand cleaner for our community. Every gift card you buy helps us keep the doors open and purchase more bottles and product. If you'd like to contribute, but don't plan to visit, buy a gift card and address it TO: SHINESPIRIT and please send it with a note- we appreciate every encouraging message."
This group was created in order to serve those who might be impacted by the COVID-19 virus in the Sherwood area. If this becomes a valuable tool beyond the Covid-19 I will keep it going indefinitely.
"Please donate and support our relief fund for Local 5 workers impacted by COVID-19 closures by donating to our paypal! You can also contribute to our worker relief fund by purchasing books through our Powell's Partner Link! 7.5% of all sales (except for gift cards, virtual credit, and subscriptions) will go directly to our coronavirus worker relief fund!"
Responding to the needs of our community with collective power, and mutual aid.
A Nextdoor group connecting with neighbors in our community who are 60+ or immunocompromised during the corona virus outbreak in order to provide assistance whenever possible.
Printable flyers to hand out to neighbors with your available services and contact info. Available in English, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
Please use this form if you would like to help make deliveries, or offer support. We are prioritizing assistance to folks who are sick, unhoused, disabled, quarantined without pay, elderly, undocumented, refugees and immigrants, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, trans, and/or queer, including those displaced from Portland to the nearby areas. Thank you for your patience and grace.
Please use this form if you are able to help with childcare. We are prioritizing assistance to folks who are sick, unhoused, disabled, quarantined without pay, elderly, undocumented, Black, Indigenous, People of Color, trans, and/or queer, including those displaced from Portland to the nearby areas.
The American Red Cross now faces a severe blood shortage due to an unprecedented number of blood drive cancellations during this coronavirus outbreak. Healthy individuals are needed to donate now to help patients counting on lifesaving blood.
*Due to the complexities, COVID-19 has brought, (i.e. adult day closures, hospital, and skilled nursing facility discharges) just to name a few, there’s a need for a direct approach in finding compatible services for individuals of all ages in their homes. Please go to TheCaregiverDatabase.com to list or find available Aides, DSPs, and Clinicians to serve during this pandemic.
Grow happier and healthier through learning to cook. Lauren Chandler has been teaching people to cook for more than twenty years and is giving away remote mini cooking lessons.
Through this Fund, grants will be made to restaurant industry employees who have been impacted by COVID-19, including a decrease in wages or loss of employment. Grants will be awarded as soon as possible to those individuals who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria.