Sending Your Love

In order to keep everyone healthy in the next few weeks, there is a strong suggestion to keep everyone indoors and away from other people. This leaves a lot of people questioning what is going to happen. How is everyone going to get the food they need? What about the elderly who definitely should not leave their homes? How can I personally help people affected by this? These are all great questions and I’m here to offer a few solutions.

Send a care package

During this time in our lives we all are a little bit more aware that we need to start thinking about other people besides ourselves. Healthy, middle class, young adults are going to be okay. And I think we all know that by now. But what about our parents halfway across town? What about the poor family down the street who can’t afford to go to the grocery because their dad lost his job? The best solution I have to offer is sending care packages to those people. Maybe you could even collect a few supplies around your house, put them all together in shipping boxes, and mail them or drive the packages to their front doorstep. Even better, you could order products offline to be shipped directly to the address in clean shipping boxes.

Volunteer at a shelter or soup kitchen

Many people who did not necessarily consider themselves poor before the pandemic are now going to face some financial hardships. These people will need to turn to programs to help keep them safe, healthy, and well taken care of. Please consider donating your time or your money to programs trying to help the less fortunate in this situation.

Keep your distance from people

This is the most important one. The best way to make sure you are helping is to make sure you are following the suggestion of staying in your own home in hopes of not infecting someone else. We know now that people can be carrying the virus without showing any signs or symptoms. It is best to not assume that you do not have the virus. 

You possibly could and by going out and doing your normal things, you are putting more people in danger. It is best to keep social interaction to a minimum. Only essential tasks should include multiple people in a room. Wash your hands, stay healthy, and help out your neighbor in any way you can.