Collier Resource Center volunteers celebrate return after a yearlong furlough
Published: March 9, 2021 5:38 AM EST
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The first thing they’ll do is celebrate all the birthdays they missed over the last year.
“Well, as you know, many people were very stressed trying to get a vaccine,” said Nina Gray, founder of the Collier Resource Center. “So our volunteers are creative people. And they’re persistent. One volunteer who’s very computer savvy was able to get many vaccines for people on various websites, so she helped get probably a third of the team vaccinated.”
The Collier Resource Center is a free service, essentially a connector to a rolodex of resources. They get calls on everything from needing to find affordable grief counseling groups to helping people find food pantries or helping families find rental assistance.