How Captain Tom Moore brought hope in the midst of a pandemic Helen Pidd North of England editor
How has Captain Tom s fundraising helped the NHS?
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Britain was a fortnight into its first lockdown last spring when Captain Tom Moore shuffled into the nation’s consciousness with his trusty walking frame. The morgues were filling up, hospitals were becoming overwhelmed and Boris Johnson had just been moved into intensive care. For many, this new world of shutdowns and sickness felt alien, destabilising and frightening.
The country badly needed a boost and BBC Breakfast provided it: an interview with a second world war veteran raising money for the NHS by walking up and down his garden 100 times before his 100th birthday. At that point, Moore had raised just over £9,000, smashing his £100 target. He wanted to say thank you for the treatment he had received for skin cancer and a broken hip, as well as celebrate the health
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I ran into another aspect of the Coronavirus pandemic this weekend. My wife and I are thinking about a kitchen remodel and apparently we are not alone. We went to Bemis Appliance on South First Street in Yakima on Saturday to look at stoves and refrigerators and we were surprised on several accounts.
First of all we weren t surprised by how helpful, knowledgeable and professional the salespeople were. That s a given with Bemis. Good job guys!
What did surprise me (along with the prices) was the backlog of available product. The Coronavirus has impacted the manufacturing, assembly and shipping of appliances. There is a 3 to 4 month delay from order to delivery and maybe more depending what you order.