Published March 9, 2021 •
Updated on March 10, 2021 at 8:43 am
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There is no doubt this coronavirus pandemic has stolen a lot from everyone, including loved ones, jobs and traditions. Finding happy moments amid a pandemic has been a unique challenge, but it is a challenge many around Connecticut have taken on by doing random acts of kindness.
At the very beginning of January 2020, the
World Health Organization announced a pneumonia-like sickness that had sickened dozens of people in Wuhan, China. That sickness would end up becoming what we now know as COVID-19. By mid-March, COVID-19 had spread across the world and WHO declared coronavirus a pandemic. March 7 marks a year since the first case of coronavirus was announced in Connecticut when a hospital employee tested positive for coronavirus.
The idea is to bring a little joy to the senior citizen community around Suffield. Throughout the weekend Liam and his classmates have been delivering gift bags to senior communities in the area.
It’s become kind of a big deal. Liam has had custom lettering put on his family van. He turned his parent s garage into a private workshop to fill up the bags. He also started a website to help seniors in need connect with him.
Together, the three Suffield High School students have assembled gift baskets and made over 100 Secret Santa deliveries to seniors around town.
“It was really a very nice surprise. It brought a big smile to both my wife and I,” said recipient Larry Magoon.