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MILWAUKEE – The Common Ground Community Health Volunteers, a program that follows up with patients who test positive for COVID-19 and are sent home to heal, helped its 600th patient last week. This program is a partnership between Common Ground, a community organization of 39 member institutions in and around Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Public Health Department. In 5 months, volunteers have made over 6,000 calls to patients to monitor their wellbeing (using the pulse oximeters lent to patients) and provide reassurance in their moments of need.
One group of unsung heroes is the volunteers of the Common Ground Community Health Program. Composed of 46 Common Ground leaders, this group has dedicated more than 10,000 hours of their time. A large portion of these volunteers call patients every day for 8 days on average, giving people a sense of ease while going through the healing process. This impact is immeasurable. A participant in this program, Alex Hardy, stated, “This progr