Dear Friends,
As the COVID-19 pandemic and response continues to evolve we want to share with you our activities. This last week a dedicated team of volunteers:
- Contacted 50 of the 130 families (750+ individuals) we have worked with over the past 3 ½ years to
- Inquire as to their wellbeing and any urgent needs
- Share information about the pandemic and proper safety precautions
- Share information regarding free meals provided by their local schools and other agencies
- Gauge interest in online community gatherings to keep children and adults connected
- Share free wifi sources through internet providers and local schools
- Make sure they all have access to laptops, tablets, phones or other communication devices
- Provided essential items to newly arrived families (arrived within the last few weeks) using curbside drop offs and following cdc guidelines
- Provided ongoing critical support to our most vulnerable families (one of whom is a single mother with a 4 year old daughter just released from over a month long stay in the hospital with a MRSA infection. This mother also has 3 other children, one of whom is a special needs child and was unable to visit her daughter in the hospital for about a week prior to her release because of the COVID-19 restrictions).
This week our priority is to
- Ensure families who have requested food items receive these items
- Ensure families facing mounting bills in the face of lost income receive either direct assistance or information re: offered extensions or how to apply for them
- Launch the first of our online community gatherings
- Reach out to our next 50 families
- Continue to recruit volunteers to help us communicate with families during this crisis and organize and deliver these needed programs
If you are available to help please email us at hello@oneworldonelovenj.org
Click here to donate to support our families. We are an all volunteer run organization with no paid staff. All donations go directly to assisting the families we serve.
Be well,
The One World One Love leadership team