Jan 19, 2021
Members of the Quick Response Team are planning a day of action to provide people in need with necessary resources. From left are Sandra Hassenpflug, Kate Layne, Janet Askins and Raven Lee.PHOTO BY EDDIE TRIZZINO
FAIRMONTÂ â As part of its mission to respond to community needs, the Marion County Quick Response Team is planning a day of action to take place in February.
Sandra Hassenpflug, director of nursing at the Marion County Health Department, said the team is planning to approach people referred by organizations such as Friendship Fairmont, Scott Place Shelter and Communities of Shalom to provide them resources and supplies.
As health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, nurses have put in extra hours to keep up with the demands of administering tests and now COVID-19