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Nora Karnes,80, had never requested a Meals on Wheels delivery before the pandemic. But homebound since March, she needs the surplus supplies. KC Shepherd s Center s weekly demand for deliveries has jumped from 50 to 400 since the pandemic began.
Older Kansas Citians might get the vaccine sooner because they are at greater risk of dying from COVID-19, but the pandemic is casting a light on the long-standing health challenges they already face.
When Steve Rinne, 64, and Barb Meuth, 68, learned that KC Shepherd s Center had been flooded with increased demand for Meals on Wheels deliveries, they volunteered to take a route.
“It makes me feel good to do this,” Rinne said as he loaded another box of fruit cups, peanut butter, toilet paper and other nonperishables into the back of his royal blue Prius. “Someday someone might need to help me like this.”
When Steve Rinne, 64, and Barb Meuth, 68, learned that KC Shepherd s Center had been flooded with increased demand for Meals on Wheels deliveries, they volunteered to take a route. It makes me feel good to do this, Rinne said as he loaded another box of fruit cups, peanut butter, toilet paper and other nonperishables into the back of his royal blue Prius.
Toy Train Scheme Cont’d
After years of reinvestment and the development of a starter streetcar line, Kansas City s River Market neighborhood has seen a flood of new residents as developers clamor to put up apartment buildings. And yet, the city may part with two valuable lots across from City Market and a block from the streetcar stop.