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April 30, 2020

  • Writer: Jackie Ross
    Jackie Ross
  • May 1, 2020
  • 2 min read

Hi Gang,

In a prior issue, I asked about ways we can identify which hospitals have the greatest need for support from the community. While I don’t have the perfect answer, I have a great one. I spoke with a member of the executive team at Nextdoor, an app that builds connections and facilitates exchanges in neighborhoods. The Nextdoor Blog chronicles inspiring efforts of citizens around the country, and the app itself has a built-in ‘Help Map’ that enables you to offer help to neighbors and neighbors to ask for help. The African proverb, ‘It takes a village’ has never been more accurate.

Speaking of neighbors, I am so grateful for mine. They pass tools over the fence, offer to pick things up at the store, howl with me at 8 pm, and host socially distant dance parties. While we all want to get back to ‘normal,’ whatever that looks like in the future, we are connecting with each other in such meaningful ways right now – at home, at work, and with our community. We are actually a lot less socially distant than we used to be. I hope when it’s safe to get closer again, we don’t grow farther apart.








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Be well,


Jackie

 
 
 

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