With Americans told to stay home to help slow the spread of new coronavirus, the number of volunteers to sort, package and distribute food for the needy has fallen from 100 to around 40 each day
With Americans told to stay home to help slow the spread of new coronavirus, the number of volunteers to sort, package and distribute food for the needy has fallen from 100 to around 40 each day AFP / Alex Edelman

KEY POINTS

  • Teens open delivery service
  • Teacher makes housecall
  • COVID-19 brings opportunities to serve

Not everything about coronavirus is doom and gloom. A middle-school teacher in South Dakota and students at Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland were celebrated for contributing to their communities.
Rylee Anderson was having trouble with algebraic function this week. She emailed her math teacher Chris Waba for help, and he responded with some written instructions on how to do the equations — but he could tell that his student was still having trouble with the homework.
Next thing you know, Waba, who lives down the street, is at her door, whiteboard in hand. He then spent the next ten minutes giving a one-on-one math lesson to Rylee as she took notes from inside her home.
Waba insisted it was just part of the job.

Two sophomores from Montgomery Blair High School devised a way for Marylanders to get together and protect their grandparents and loved ones who have health conditions, by delivering the groceries and necessary supplies they need.
One person they assisted is 73-year-old Jimmy Kraft. Kraft has been shunkering down at home during the Covid-19 outbreak. He is also raising his grandchild who is severely handicapped.
Concerned about contracting the virus and bringing it home to his grandson, Kraft was yearning for some fresh food to be delivered, and he found Teens Helping Seniors. Soon, Matthew Casertano and Dhruv Pai showed up at his door with a bag full of groceries.

Coronavirus Software