How Do We Help?


Your contribution to slowing coronavirus should not be limited to social distancing yourself. You can take action to help people who need help from us. Here are some ways we can help.

What are different countries doing to "Flatten the Curve"?

Aarith V. April 2, 2020 (K7)

As this pandemic goes on, we are seeing some success stories, like South Korea; and some not so successful stories, like the US and Italy. What are the successful countries doing differently?

Let's look at South Korea's actions, and how they were different from the United States'.

South Korea acted early to COVID in their country. Acting quick and hard is crucial to stopping this pandemic. America was not quick it its response, and that is how coronavirus spread to other states.

South Korea also organized action at a national level. Contrarily, the US has been almost entirely functioning on state level. Action on a national level would probably help anti-coronavirus action be more organized.'

These are the differences that are helping South Korea in the war against COVID-19.

No Kid Hungry is for the millions of kids who rely on school lunches, but due to coronavirus, need help to feed themselves. This could even help some of your friends who rely on school for lunch.

michigan.gov/COVID is for support within Michigan where you can find lots of resources

CNN'S Impact page is a great place to learn about the impacts of coronavirus and how you can help. It also has a "Rays of Hope" section that will tell you what people are doing relating to coronavirus.

FirstRespondersFirst is a movement to help the healthcare workers who are battling coronavirus. It also provides child care for the children of healthcare workers.

Here are 3 simple things you can do as part of the Kids Vs. Corona Community:

  1. Stay Safe and follow the WHO Five

  2. Keep up with your education and learn new things, so your parents don't have to worry about you.

  3. Help your parents around the house. If your parents work in a hospital, be extra kind to them. They are superheroes!

There are many ways of helping people and institutions during this time. Many people are also supporting their local businesses by buying their gift cards. This is helping because then you can spend their money on their store at a later time. Also, try to focus your help on specific community staples whose business is hit the hardest by the outbreak. Some of these places include restaurants, transportation, and your local hospitals. If you would like to help people, try donating face masks to local hospitals. You can help those in your community by delivering the elderly groceries.

Many school communities are collecting resources to help others. Contact your local school district to find out how you can help the cause!

A2 Steam has a good video about how to manufacture face masks using 3D printing. Go check it out!