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The funds will be donated to First Responders First, an initiative that provides essential supplies and equipment to medical front-line workers.
Source: Dutch Bros donating 100% of April profits to medical first responders | kgw.com
Community are helping their businesses, and businesses are helping their communities. Well done.
A group of Calgary high schoolers has launched a free hotline for seniors in self-isolation.
Source: Calgary high school students launch positive message hotline for seniors | CBC News
Pretty cool!
California breweries come together to help communities
Source: Here’s how beer that’s past its prime can help the hand sanitizer shortage
Great idea, especially using the old stuff.
The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a person’s immune response to an infection.
Encouraging, and an important part of returning to normal.
This year, since the Zoo is closed due to the new coronavirus, the Zoo will deliver flowers to nursing homes and hospitals as well as provide virtual tours of the blooms.
Source: Cincinnati Zoo to give virtual tour of tulips, deliver to hospitals
Neat idea. Happy Easter everyone!
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Jennifer Knox would walk into her bar and soak in the sounds of people chatting while sipping on their drinks and listening to local musicians strum along on their guitars.
Looks like a lot of work!
This treatment can change the course of the viral outbreak.
Source: Active COVID-19 Cases Treated With Antibodies Of Recovered People Are Making 100% Recovery
Small study, so far, but approved for much wider testing and last-resort application. A game changer if it holds.
Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry paid the grocery bills for all shoppers during senior hour Wednesday morning at 44 Kroger supermarkets in metro Atlanta and 29 Winn-Dixies in his hometown of New Orleans.
Source: Tyler Perry pays for senior-hour groceries in Atlanta, New Orleans
Not a huge Perry movie fan, but this is pretty darned cool.
The cutest videos and photos of a cat named Duck who is thriving despite only having her hind legs.
Source: Funny and Cute Videos of a Double-Amputee Cat Named Duck | POPSUGAR Pets
Amazingly resilient.
Although Australia is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic like the rest of the world, there is a sliver of good news for the land Down Under – the first rescued koalas are starting to be released
Source: First koalas released back into the wild after Australian bushfires | The Independent
Light at the end of a different tunnel.