WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

We are all in this together! Wash your hands, practice social distancing, stay at home except for necessities and……

Last week someone stole the toilet paper out of a local, well-known restaurant’s ladies room.

And, someone tried to steal sanitizer from a local grocery store, trying to pull it off the wall. 

And, at the Dollar Store, when sanitizer was being stocked on the shelves an employee got in front of customers so she could buy her fair share. On top of that, an 80 year old woman on the verge of crying, came into the store saying that she had been in several times and saw on the news that she needed sanitizer. The employee ran right by her and didn’t even consider sharing with her. As I watched this craziness the cashier apologized to me several times, “I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry.” I followed the employee out and couldn’t help myself. I said, "Nice job taking the sanitizer before the customers.” She didn’t care, and the 80 year old left with her head down, upset. 

We are in this together. And then…..

Social Still, a distillary on the Southside of Bethlehem, decided to create hand sanitizer for the hospitals in the Lehigh Valley.

A friend of mine offered to deliver meals to the elderly.

Meals on Wheels put a call out for more volunteers on social media and they had such and outpouring of new volunteers they to turn some down.

A local factory got the supplies to make masks and will be producing 500-750 masks a day for hospital staff. 

So there are good people, helpers who see a need and are anxious to fill it. Like Mr. Rogers said, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’”

We are in this together. Well, some of us are! 

Carol serves as a featured writer for the Home News. Carol is an accomplished professional speaker, coach and educational consultant specializing in innovative leadership, outrageous fundraising, million dollar marketing, and building organizational alliances throughout the country. Carol’s creative leadership provides bullet proof ideas for recruiting MORE MEMBERS, MORE MONEY AND BETTER LEADERS to your team. www.caroltalks.com 610-442-4545 [email protected] . Carol S. Ritter, a Past President, National Speakers Association Philadelphia and past board chair for St. Luke’s University Hospital Visiting Nurses Association & Hospice.