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Special Olympics NY goes virtual for 50th anniversary

Marian Hetherly

April 20, 2020 |

WBFO |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York

The Special Olympics turned 50 in 2020, but the pandemic has put a damper on their original birthday plans. People with intellectual and physical differences who participate rely on the games for social connection, so many are suffering from the social quarantine. To make up for it, the Special Olympics has moved online—creating an online fitness video series with the WWE. The program, called School of Strength, features exercises and even downloadable interactive toolkits for coaches and caregivers. After initial hurdles, they are now going live twice a week and posting new content daily.

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Once-Struggling New Jersey Farm Offers Bounty of Vegetables and More to Social-Distancing Customers

Brianna Baker

April 16, 2020 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pennington, New Jersey

With grocery stores at capacity with delivery services, and people not wanting to leave their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, local farms like Honey Brook Organic Farm are seeing huge increases in business. The New Jersey farm had already started shifting from a CSA model to delivery, so they used that infrastructure to easily pivot. Collaboration with other local farms has been key, so beyond their produce, they’re partnering with their network to deliver meat, eggs, and even prepared meals from local restaurants.

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Portland anti-fascists are making hand sanitizer for essential workers, homeless residents

Samantha Swindler

April 16, 2020 |

The Oregonian |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

A collective of activists and anti-fascists named PopMob has transitioned from protesting right-wingers to producing hand sanitizer. They are working in collaboration with another group called The Rosehip Medic Collective and have produced more than 9,500 bottles (225 gallons) of homemade hand sanitizer. They work with groups like Sisters of the Road, Meals on Wheels, and Portland People’s Outreach Project to distribute the bottles to frontline workers and people experiencing homelessness. They also have a GoFundMe page that has raised over $9,000 to support their efforts.

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Drive-through food distribution at SAC draws long lines, thousands of families

Oliver Rivero

April 15, 2020 |

el Don |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

Santa Ana College hosted a makeshift food pantry on their campus (organized by Orange County-based nonprofits Power of One Foundation and Official No One Left Behind), distributing a week's worth of food for a family of five to over 4,000 waiting cars. This amount of food is expected to feed about 20,000 people. The college was already aware of food insecurity on campus and was even in the beginning stages of addressing that issue when the pandemic hit. They are now shifting how they can address food insecurity with the influence of COVID-19.

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As the need for masks rises during the pandemic, volunteers work to keep Alaska covered

Marc Lester

April 15, 2020 |

Anchorage Daily News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

A group of three women Alaskan women banded together on Facebook to rally sewers across the state to sew masks for Alaska's front-line workers during COVID-19. Their Facebook group includes tutorials, outreach, and customer service. They have about 300 volunteers from places all over the state and have filled the requests of 56 different organizations (about 37,668). At least 14 communities across Alaska have benefitted from this. Another response is underway in Anchorage where scientists are experimenting with 3D printing N95 masks.

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New service tasks students to help isolated people during coronavirus

Gavin Haines

April 14, 2020 |

Positive.News |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: England, Manchester

A new initiative called #Task4Help recruits local university students to deliver groceries and other supplies to people who need to be self-isolated during COVID-19. It was originally started by an app called UniTaskr that posted freelance opportunities for students, but now it has over 10,000 students using the app to help out. One user describes the service as easy to use and delightful.

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A Pound Of Flour To Go? Restaurants Are Selling Groceries Now

Camila Domonoske

April 13, 2020 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

Across the United States, restaurants have been forced to close their dine-in services due to the coronavirus, but many have switched to online order and to-go options in order to stay open. Now, some of these restaurants are offering grocery orders as well, helping customers access ingredients that may be sold at local supermarkets.

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This Orange County company has gone from making hair look cool to fighting coronavirus

Gustavo Arellano

April 13, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

The owners of an iconic pomade and Chicano hipster fashion manufacturing factory in Santa Ana, California have made the switch to hand sanitizer manufacturing in an attempt to reemploy furloughed employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Functioning like a start-up, their new product goes to hospitals, postal workers, UPS drivers, and cashiers and helps to spread the message to the Latino community that this virus should be taken seriously.

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Turning A Bar Into A Grocery Store To Help Your City

Tim Skoog Stefano Kotsonis

April 12, 2020 |

WBUR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Local, New York City dive bar, Forgtmenot, had to pivot its business in the wake of COVID-19. Once a popular bar, now is a mini-mart, providing access to groceries for the community. With familial ties to a supermarket in Queens, the Lower East Side dive is able to access the supply chain and provide a less crowded, more community-driven alternative to the larger grocery stores.

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Where Thousands of Masks a Day Are Decontaminated to Battle the Virus

Tiffany Hsu

April 11, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

Battelle labs in rural Ohio is decontaminating n95 masks for health care workers as personal protective equipment remains in short supply amidst COVID-19. Granted emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the lab runs a separate tent station for their decontamination efforts, which follow tight structures and protocol.

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