REAL (SHOPPING) ANGELS Honor Student Shops for Seniors During Pandemic
_____________________________ Write your name here and fax the completed puzzle to 860-533-0585, send it via empty delivery box or bring it to the shop and receive 10% off your next order . Limit one per customer. Expires June 30, 2020. WORD SEARCH PAUL STEPHANIE ALISON GRADUATION Shopping Angels’ service quickly grew, not just with at-risk folks who needed help with shopping but with volunteers looking to make a difference. After an interview with a local news station, Powell’s story went viral. The next day, she had 20 voicemails and 56 emails from people in California, Arizona and even Connecticut who wanted to volunteer. After a few short weeks, Shopping Angels went international. The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reshaped everyday life. For seniors and the immunocompromised, the virus made just going to the grocery store a deadly risk. Jayde Powell, an honor student at the University of Nevada, wanted to do something to help at-risk folks in her community. By enlisting help from 20 members of her medical fraternity, Phi Delta Epsilon, Powell founded Shopping Angels, a free grocery delivery service. The service is simple: Clients reach out through email, phone or the Shopping Angels Facebook page with their shopping list. Volunteers then go to the grocery store to do the shopping themselves and deliver the groceries directly to the client’s home. To ensure everyone’s safety, volunteers are required to wear gloves and masks, and they are not allowed to enter anyone’s homes.
“It’s just mind-blowing,” Powell said. “We have branches starting in Canada and Australia that are going to try and do the same thing. It’s just so exciting to see how the communities are wanting to get back.” The Shopping Angels delivery service is free, but clients still have to pay for the groceries themselves. Powell started a GoFundMe account to raise donations for folks who aren’t able to afford everything they need during the crisis. Some food manufacturers and local food banks have even been donating goods to help the Shopping Angels cause. To learn more about the Shopping Angels mission, visit their Facebook page at Facebook.com/ShoppingAngelsInc.
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a huge impact to know the work we’ve done for so long is truly vital. I don’t want to think about what would have happened to our customers or our staff if we had been forced to close our doors. We were incredibly blessed during this crisis and we want to keep paying back that goodwill. October Kitchen has been dropping off lunches to the Manchester Hospital Repository Wing as well as to the Ambulance Service of Manchester to support those working on the front lines. We’ve also been supporting our fellow businesses in the food industry by ordering meals from local establishments. It’s been humbling to see the place October Kitchen has in our community. These last few months have been difficult for us all. As we worked through these challenges, it was good to know that October Kitchen was able to provide folks with healthy, reliable meals, keeping their families nourished and giving them one less thing to worry about. We’re very honored to be entrusted in this role to provide meals during a time of crisis.
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