Photo Credit: Helping Hands Northumberland
Oldies 100.9 News presents The Christine and Diana Real Estate Team, Royal LePage Pro Alliance Brighton, Unsung Heroes Day, an exclusive look into the lives of the volunteers in Northumberland, who have stepped-up during the pandemic.
As a volunteer group, Helping Hands Northumberland collects and re-purposes useful, donated items and deliver them to local and distant reputable groups and persons.
Lynn Rogalski says the group has been helping the community in any way they could since they started in 2014 – what started as three members, is now a large group of volunteers, especially with the onset of the pandemic.
After reaching-out through their Facebook page and their newsletter, they were able to provide for the community in a whole different way – while they saw the needs at the hospital were being filled, they saw needs at nursing homes, apartment buildings, schools and child services, and provided more than 8,000 items to the community.
Before the pandemic, Helping hands was supplying local families with “Comfort Boxes” – which are made for families that lost their baby either before or just after birth – and these special boxes are made by local volunteer woodworkers with a blanket inside, both made by members of the group.
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