‘YOU ARE NOT ALONE’ MEET THE SELFLESS VOLUNTEERS HELPING SENIORS GET THROUGH COVID-19 CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT:
Here at Lynnpro, we provide products for both private companies and organizations supporting amazing causes. From funding cancer research to helping people overcome addiction, our clients do incredible work. Last year, we got the opportunity to make custom T-shirts for an inspiring group doing vital outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic: Mending the Gap. Mending the Gap was founded in 2011 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, to provide assistance, encouragement, and companionship for low-income seniors living alone in Gwinnett County. Last year, they became a lifeline for elderly people isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We provide them with basic needs support,” explains founder Fay Josephs. “We’re delivering food, prepared meals, toiletries, and personal care items, and we take them directly to their homes. We serve approximately 400 seniors.” This is lifesaving work, but it’s not the only thing Mending the Gap does to keep people’s spirits up. Before the pandemic, their volunteers connected middle school and high school students with seniors through a program called The Bridge, “mending the gap” between generations. When in- person visits became dangerous, they turned The Bridge into a pen pal and phone call program to sustain those connections.
“We just want to be more like family to them, keep them safe from going out, and still provide that personalized support,” says Fay.
Last year, Fay ordered more than 100 T-shirts from us for her team of volunteers, along with a table runner to help get the word out about Mending the Gap. She says she was pleasantly surprised when a real person took her call! “I like that I was able to talk to someone about the product and get some ideas, and she was able to work with us. It wasn’t just a cut and dry email,” Fay says. Before founding Mending the Gap, Fay worked for the state of Georgia, processing benefit paperwork for senior citizens for 14 years. This is a passion project for her, and she can’t wait to see volunteers, students, and seniors having fun together in person again. In the meantime, her organization needs all the help it can get, and we’re proud to have played a part.
To find out more about Mending the Gap, visit Mending-the-Gap.org.
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