Sustaining the Vision. Supporting the mission Spring 2020 Empty Halls and Empty Spaces These are strange times. There is an interview that runs on television; a one hundred year old woman states that she was born during a pandemic quarantine. She says that we have gone through situations like this before and we will come through this one. Remember when you were little and you were told “don’t touch that”? Now it is don’t touch anything, and if you do touch something, sanitize your hands afterwards. No groups, no parties, no shopping, no hugging, wear a mask and stay 6 feet apart. Schools are closed. Businesses are closed. HOWEVER, due to a decline in positive cases, we are in phase II. Things are slowly opening up again. Hospitals are open and tending to those who are suffering from the COVID-19 virus. The Akel Family Donates $50,000 to the COVID-19 Caregiver Assistance Fund and our community follows along as donations in support of our caregivers pour in. A special COVID-19 Caregiver Assistance Fund has been set up at Lourdes Hospital to assist our care- givers and support staff who are on the frontlines in the fight against this global pandemic. The Akel Family recently made a generous gift of $50,000 in support of this effort and we are most grateful to them and to our community for the donations that have poured in in support of this important effort. The Fund is available to help our caregivers who might struggle with challenges associated with having one income at this time and thus find it difficult to pay bills associated with the basic necessities of life with such things as rent, car payments, utility bills, etc. These are some of those assisted through this fund: Your significant other is out of work because of work closings You are a member of a family of three and your significant due to the COVID– 19 pandemic and of course your muffler other is out of work due to COVID-19. With only one falls off your car. income, help is needed to keep up with water and electric bills. You missed 7 days of work due to the COVID-19 screening process. That was seven days of lost pay, your rent for the Your husband has a small business and the flow of month and now you struggle to decide what bills to pay. customers has decreased substantially due to COVID-19. Your children are at home and the food bills have sky You hit a pothole a few weeks ago and cannot afford to rocketed. You work full time at Lourdes but your income replace the broken wheel bearing. You are down to one isn’t enough to cover the loss of income and increase in income as you lost your 2nd income as a hairdresser due to household expenses. the pandemic. These are trying times, but there is always hope for the future. The generosity of the Akels and the community at large has truly given hope to our brave heroes who put their lives on the line in the service of those in need. 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