The Recorder launched #ThereWithYou to highlight the work being done by volunteers and to help people access any support they needed. We also highlighted those shops accused of hiking up prices as panic-buying meant many people could not buy essentials like soap, rice, pasta and toilet rolls.
April: Marc Rogers, head of D&T at Bancroft s School, making PPE for NHS workers.
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In just one week 1,300 people signed up for a council-led volunteer service to provide support during lockdown. Redbridge Joins Together was set up to connect people who needed support during isolation with volunteers keen to help. Council leader Jas Athwal said: “The vast number of local people who’ve signed up to the group and the offers of help and support really is a testament to the goodwill and kindness of the people of Redbridge.” Meanwhile, with children at home, schools around the borough used their 3D printers to make much-needed PPE for hospital staff.�
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The Elkins Elks Lodge 1135 recently donated $500 to the Randolph County Childrenâs Home to help with a Christmas party for the residents. The lodge raised the money through direct donations from lodge members. The Elks Clubâs Jeff Pritt, left, and Derrick Pritt present a check to West Virginia Childrenâs Home Director CheDella Ware.
ELKINS The Elkins Elks Lodge 1135 refused to allow COVID-19 to keep the organization from successfully making its annual holiday donations to the local community.
Each year during Christmas the Elks Club hosts two separate events for area youths. The lodge traditionally presents an annual Santa Claus night for less fortunate children at the Woodford Methodist Church, and also offers a pizza party/bowling night for the kids of the West Virginia Children’s Home at the Elkins Recreation Center.