The Dispatch
Davidson County Library employee Emma Welch knows how the outbreak of COVID-19 has made her feel isolated at times and changed her life drastically.
But the changes in her life and routine, and her isolation is nothing she said when compared to residents in local nursing homes. After reading articles about the loneliness many nursing home residents feel during the pandemic because no visitors have been allowed inside to reduce the spread of the virus, Welch decided she wanted to do something to change that.
Welch, a library system support tech and young adult coordinator, sought input from co-worker Bethany Geiger. Together they created a card program that allows the public to either drop off a card they write a note inside, or use supplies at the main Lexington branch to make a card and write a note inside. All of the cards will be delivered to residents at Alston Brook nursing home and rehabilitation center in Lexington.