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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 facilities, where COVID fatalities were a daily headline. As a result, homebound elderly and disabled pe...

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 Thursday morning. “In Texas we never turn down rain. You plan an outdoor event and it’s usually...

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 a downpour and we always figure God knows what we need and when we need it. We’ll dry out.”

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 event would be the easiest to manage. We usually start getting calls in December, people wanting to book...

REMINDER – GSM’s Empty Bowl Project set for Thursday