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My Turn: Next pandemic will we treat the homebound better? AL NORMAN Published: 6/9/2021 1:13:10 PM Massachusetts began administering COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 15, 2020. One hundred four days later, on March 29, Gov. Charles Baker announced the launch of a new “Homebound Vaccine Program.” By that point in time, the commonwealth had already administered 3,409,635 doses of vaccine to the public. The Homebound Program was clearly not as high a priority as reaching patients in nursing faci...

Good Samaritan Ministries volunteers distribute restaurant coupons to donors who picked up a bowl during Thursday Empty Bowls event. [Photo by Derrick Stuckly]Rain did not dampen the enthusiasm nor the turn out for Good Samaritan Ministries’ 12 th annual Empty Bowls Project, which for the second year in a row is being held as a drive-through event. “When we started right before 11 a.m. we had cars lined up so the rain did not deter a lot folks,” GSM Executive Director Leesa Stephens said...

Rain did not dampen the enthusiasm nor the turn out for Good Samaritan Ministries’ 12 th annual Empty Bowls Project, which for the second year in a row is being held as a drive-through event. “When we started right before 11 a.m. we had cars lined up so the rain did not deter a lot folks,” GSM Executive Director Leesa Stephens said Thursday morning. “In Texas we never turn down rain. You plan an outdoor event and it’s usually a 95 percent chance that it won’t rain. But today we had...

Good Samaritan Ministries’ Empty Bowls Project returns for its 12 th year on Thursday, April 29, and like last year, the event will follow a drive-through format. Bowls will be available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the GSM Food Warehouse, located at 305 Clark Street. “Back in early January when we had to make a lot of decisions we were still in the middle of a virus surge,” said GSM Executive Director Leesa Stephens. “So our board felt that going ahead and doing another drive-by type even...

REMINDER – GSM’s Empty Bowl Project set for Thursday

WHYY By Paramedic Jim McCanns prepares to administer a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Lucille Breslin at her home in Upper Darby on April 6, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) As a paramedic, Jim McCanns doesn’t usually have the time to chitchat with people on the job — he’s usually there under the worst of circumstances. But these days, Delaware County’s new Homebound COVID-19 Vaccination Program has McCanns sitting with people while he gives them much-needed relief. Official...

Good Samaritan Ministries’ Empty Bowls Project returns for its 12 th year on Thursday, April 29, and like last year, the event will follow a drive-through format. Bowls will be available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the GSM Food Warehouse, located at 305 Clark Street. “Back in early January when we had to make a lot of decisions we were still in the middle of a virus surge,” said GSM Executive Director Leesa Stephens. “So our board felt that going ahead and doing another drive-by type even...

Good Samaritan Ministries’ Empty Bowls Project returns for its 12 th year on Thursday, April 29, and like last year the event will follow a drive-through format. Bowls will be available from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the GSM Food Warehouse, located at 305 Clark Street. “Back in early January when we had to make a lot of decisions we were still in the middle of a virus surge,” said GSM Executive Director Leesa Stephens. “So our board felt that going ahead and doing another drive-by type even...

"We are getting more vaccines but still less than what we need," said Dr.  Hammami. "And until we can get to the point where anyone can call and get vaccinated that same day, we are still not there yet."

FROM STAFF REPORTS Ste. Genevieve County Library is launching a new Homebound Program beginning this month. “We are excited to kick this program off in 2021,” said Shawn Long, library director. The program is made possible by a grant from the Senior Services Fund of Ste. Genevieve County. “Originally when we wrote the grant our focus was going to be in-person technology classes. However, after the pandemic wiped away our in-person programming we started looking at other ways to utilize ...