We Care GR : Nurse organizing good deeds across West Michigan
Audrey Wendt is this month s Pay it Forward Person of the Month!
and last updated 2021-04-30 20:27:06-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A Spectrum Health ER nurse has been working hard to care for patients and others in need across West Michigan during the pandemic.
Audrey Wendt said she felt a pull to give back, in light of all the support she and other healthcare workers received in the beginning of the pandemic. I knew our community has such a passion for helping others, so I just posted on my Facebook and one thing turned into another and here we are, Wendt explained.
Dec 19, 2020
A new organization called WEcareGR is partnering with schools and volunteers to write to residents in nursing homes who may be lonely during the holidays.
The project is called Make a Friend, Save a Life and has connected almost 100 residents with pen pals and local schools that send letters and artwork. WEcareGR was founded after Audrey Wendt raised over 15-thousand-dollars for in school supplies for Buchanan Elementary in October.
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