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  • Volunteers fixed 20,000 N95 masks for Memphis hospital in a weekend

    April 07, 2020 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    By recruiting friends and community members, volunteers were able to repair thousands of protective masks. Having been in storage, a large collection of N95 masks had had the elastic dry rot while the filters remained usable. The volunteers sewed new straps onto the masks, intended for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis in Tennessee.

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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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  • German village has communal approach to lessen community spread of COVID-19

    March 31, 2020 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: Germany, Eschwege

    A village in Germany has implemented a local hotline for at-risk community members to use if they need help obtaining essentials during the coronavirus pandemic. The group of volunteers managing the hotline work under the guidance of a doctor to make sure they're reducing risk to themselves and those they're serving.

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  • Coronavirus kindness: South Bay teens create tutor network for hundreds of students

    March 26, 2020 |

    KGO-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Upon seeing a need for educational resources to support the out of school transition due to the COVID-19 outbreak, two high school seniors in the San Jose area stepped up to fill that gap. Sarika Sriram and Uditha Velidandla coordinated 90 volunteers to offer free tutoring in a range of school subjects. So far, over 350 students have benefitted from these comprehensive online learning sessions.

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  • Volunteers rally to produce homemade face masks for coronavirus medical workers

    March 26, 2020 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States

    Businesses and individuals around the world are pivoting from business-as-usual to churning out masks to fill shortages in supplies for hospital staff and others amid COVID-19.

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  • Can The U.S. Crowdsource Its Way Out Of A Mask Shortage? No, But It Still Helps

    March 25, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    With a massive shortage of protective gear in the medical community amidst the coronavirus outbreak, volunteer groups are filling the gap by crowdsourcing masks, gowns, and other essential items. Though the government is working on a longer-term fix to the supply shortage, these volunteer groups are able to pick up hand-sewn masks and other donated items from community members and deliver them to medical centers around the country.

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  • The Complicated Calculus of Helping Neighbors During a Pandemic

    March 24, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As social distancing and isolation become increasingly important in stopping the spread of the coronavirus, volunteers and neighborhood groups are helping seniors and Immunocompromised people access necessessities. In New York, volunteering to help neighbors in times of crisis is not new – many local community groups emerged after Hurricane Sandy – but recent health restrictions have created cause for new protocols such as contactless support.

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  • People are helping each other fight coronavirus, one Google spreadsheet at a time

    March 24, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    Healthy citizens desperate to find a way to help those at risk of developing severe coronavirus symptoms are creating spreadsheets detailing what services they can offer to their neighbors, whether it's grocery shopping or check-in calls. The mutual aid model is complementing the ongoing work of established nonprofits.

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  • Volunteer DIYers meet face mask shortage with needle and thread

    March 24, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, Indiana

    Community members across the world are working to make homemade masks to help healthcare workers who are facing shortages. In some cases, one person's efforts have balooned into community-wide initiatives, as people unite to play a part in containing the coronavirus.

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  • In Canada, an inspiring movement emerges in response to the coronavirus

    March 24, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    The caremongering movement, in stark opposition to fear mongering, involves mutual aid societies and neighborhood groups that have sprung up to provide local, voluntary relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. These groups are part of a long trend, especially in marginalized community, though leaders of local movements are hoping the government steps in to fill gaps to structural challenges that volunteers cannot fill.

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