Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:45 PM

Ideas on what to do to help from home?

Would love to hear ideas.

Bored, we cleaned out closets. Have tons to give to Goodwill..but thought, when it stops raining put in front yard. "Dollar Sale"

With a box to put $ in, and a sign "all $ goes to____ ( local food bank? Whatever charity helps people during pandemic).

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Ideas on what to do to help from home? (Original post)	Laura PourMeADrink	Mar 2020	OP
buy gift cards from your favorite restaurant or bar. many of these folks have been employed there	Pillow talk	Mar 2020	#1
This!	mcar	Mar 2020	#2
not much I can do... but	handmade34	Mar 2020	#3
Staying home seems a weird way to help, but it should help. Stay healthy	uppityperson	Mar 2020	#4
I posted this earlier.	sinkingfeeling	Mar 2020	#5

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 06:49 PM

Pillow talk (265 posts)

1. buy gift cards from your favorite restaurant or bar. many of these folks have been employed there

for years. they need a job to come back to.

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Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:19 PM

mcar (40,342 posts)

2. This!

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:39 PM

handmade34 (22,165 posts)

3. not much I can do... but

I live in a relatively rural area but the road by the house is a "main thoroughfare" from village to village

last year I put up a small self-serve stand to sell my honey and a few misc. things I make...closed for the winter, then, didn't plan to open until May but...

this week I shoveled a path to the stand, ordered a couple of commercial coffee urns and a "hot box"... the restaurants are closed in Vermont and so I am, along with my honey and misc. will be offering coffee, muffins, etc. for free (or donation) (I have a home bakery license)

I also make soap and will offer it if I can somehow keep the non food items separate

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:46 PM

uppityperson (115,506 posts)

4. Staying home seems a weird way to help, but it should help. Stay healthy

because providers and hospitals may not be able to care for you.

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Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:19 PM

sinkingfeeling (47,136 posts)

5. I posted this earlier.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213143031

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