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-Information courtesy Jane King, Community Partners of Hope, Inc.
If you want to help the community, please consider joining a group that has been making disposable protective gowns for hospital and nursing home workers. This project was started by First Baptist Church in Henderson, and the work was done at McGregor Hall for a number of weeks.
The project has now moved to First Presbyterian Church, and we can use volunteers to create gowns from plastic sheeting to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19.
Work for the week of June 8 – 12 will be done from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday – Friday and also 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. The work is not difficult and someone can train you quickly.
All volunteers 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. All volunteers will be screened upon arrival and must have a temperature below 100, no symptoms, and no known exposure to COVID-19 (including no known exposure by anyone in their household). Please bring a mask and scissors with you.
If you would like to help, please sign up online at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A44ADAC2BA1FD0-protective1
The church is located at 222 Young Street – entrance at the corner of Chestnut and Young Streets in downtown Henderson. Please park on Young Street (most handicapped spaces are for Sunday only) or across the street in the parking lot at the Boy Scout building. Please enter using the door from the courtyard to the right of the fellowship hall.
If you have any questions, please contact Jane King at janeking1@gmail.com or call 252-432-9494.