Volunteers for group bring Passover staples to seniors
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals, families and businesses in Las Vegas are stepping up to offer relief to people in the community who are in need of food, services and support. Here are stories about people who are leading with kindness and proving the community is #Vegasstrong. Offers are valid at the time of posting and may change. Volunteers deliver to seniors Volunteers from Jewish Family Services Agency delivered baskets of matzoh, gefilte fish, macaroons and other Passover staples to Jewish seniors and Holocaust survivors Sunday in the Las Vegas Valley.
As part of a senior reassurance program, seniors have also been calling each other to check in and socialize.
“We delivered to approximately 75 seniors,” says JFSA volunteer coordinator Sherri Freedman. “Many of them are socially isolating. So we made this big delivery so that they can have Seder tomorrow night.” Sewing friends donate masks
A Las Vegas seamstress and friends on Tuesday delivered 150 homemade face masks to the Clark County Department of Family Services’ Child Haven campus, where they will be used by staff and children at the facility.
“Some people are unable to follow social distancing recommendations all the time, and we want to keep them safe too,” professional seamstress Roxanne Andrews says, according to a release from Clark County.
Andrews and sewing friends Rebecca Thompson, Madison Kirkpatrick and Amber Dagdagan have made and donated more than 1,000 masks during the past three weeks to local fire and emergency services dispatchers, assisted living facilities, nurses and other health care workers. The group will make more masks for the staff and children at Child Haven during the coming days and weeks.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended wearing “nonmedical cloth” face coverings when interacting