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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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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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Volunteers create world's fastest supercomputer to combat coronavirus

Alex Hern

April 15, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

By allowing volunteers to take part in the scientific task of ‘folding proteins’ while they're abiding by lockdown protocols during the coronavirus pandemic, the "world’s fastest traditional supercomputer" has been achieved. The distributed effort which decentralizes who can take part in downloading and running the software necessary, holds potential for helping researchers better understand how the virus binds to a human cell.

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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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Refugee Chefs Are Cooking Free Meals For Vulnerable D.C. Residents

Mikaela Lefrak

April 15, 2020 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

A D.C.-area nonprofit that normally links refugee and immigrant chefs with paid internships at local restaurants has pivoted to directly paying those chefs to produce meals to donate across the DMV area for COVID-19 relief. Using a GoFundMe page that has so far raised almost $9,000, Tables without Borders has begun paying chefs $25 an hour to make 250 meals inspired by where they come from. The program is still in its early stages, but so far they have donated meals to Howard University Hospital night-shift workers, a homeless shelter in Arlington, and a nonprofit that works with Latin American immigrants.

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‘Everyone wants to do their bit': The volunteers sewing scrubs for NHS workers

Emma Reynolds

April 15, 2020 |

Positive.News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

In the United Kingdom, a grassroots network called Scrub Hub is gathering groups of volunteers to sew scrubs for hospital workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups are self-organizing, raising money on their own to buy the fabric, and have so far gathered thousands of people across the UK to help.

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New service tasks students to help isolated people during coronavirus

Gavin Haines

April 14, 2020 |

Positive.News |

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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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How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis

Priya Krishna

April 13, 2020 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Indigenous people across the United States—like the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—are relying on survival tactics that their ancestors used to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, like seed saving, canning, and dehydrating food. Social distancing isn't as much of an issue as food shortages are in reservations. To pitch in individuals are doing things to help others, like growing crops, preparing seedlings of different crops for people to plant in their yards or donating from their own food reserves to others who might need it. This article highlights responses in reservations across the US.

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Osprey Packs, Alpacka Raft, and MakerLab producing masks and PPE to meet local COVID-19 needs

Mark Duggan

April 12, 2020 |

KSUT |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

Businesses in the Four Corners region of the United States have shifted their production from outdoor equipment to medical equipment and have successfully solicited people from the community to help. Although the businesses don't necessarily have the capacity or facilities available to prevent medical-grade equipment and have had to rethink how their production regimes work, they have been able to make at-home protective equipment and items such as hospital gowns.

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Minnesota Central Kitchen gives restaurant workers jobs while feeding those who are hungry

Sharyn Jackson

April 11, 2020 |

Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

With COVID-19 causing the shuttering of restaurants around the country, the Minnesota Central Kitchen collaboration brings together furloughed chefs – and their restaurants’ ingredients – to help feed those experiencing food insecurity. Participating restaurants and organizations pooled together their resources, spaces, and ingredients to make over 2,000 meals each week. Participants include volunteers and paid individuals, keeping 120 food service workers employed.

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