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A distillery makes hand sanitizer, a restaurant sells toilet paper: How food businesses are doing COVID-19 pivots

Alix Wall

March 20, 2020 |

Berkeleyside |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

When the Bay Area issued a shelter-in-place order as a response to containing the spread of COVID-19, businesses had to adapt. From a local distillery creating hand sanitizer at cost, to a restaurant offering groceries, to a catering business selling drive-through meals, local businesses have gotten creative to maintain revenue and pay employees.

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Distilleries Turning Raw Ingredients Into the Most Needed Supplies

Clark Fouraker

March 20, 2020 |

NBCLX |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Because they have the appropriate ingredients and facilities, Deep Ellum Distillery is making hand santizer and offering it for free to anyone who needs it. They are also endorsing people to order food to-go in order to support other local restaurants during the pandemic. Distilleries across the country are doing the same thing to help out their neighbors.

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Communities Mobilize to Help Elderly Weather Coronavirus Crisis

Ruth Bender

March 20, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Belgium

Across the world, many senior citizens have been cut off from access to normal routines and ways of community due to the coronavirus pandemic, but communities and organizations are working to fill the void. In Belgium, robots are being used in retirement homes to combat isolation, while in Germany, employees of a soccer club are shopping for the elderly.

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Cincinnati Zoo Offers At Home Safari

Katie Kapusta

March 19, 2020 |

Spectrum News 1 Ohio |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Cincinnati Zoo has found a way to connect to their community even after temporarily shutting its doors because of COVID19. Using Facebook Live, the zoo hosts daily videos showcasing different animals and educational programming about them. Their first video reached over 4 million views and has shown to be a way to engage their members, even from afar.

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This virtual tip jar helps Philly out-of-work food industry employees during the coronavirus

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

March 19, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As restaurants across the nation have been forced to close their doors during the coronavirus pandemic, some are turning to creative means to help account for the loss of revenue. In Philadelphia, restaurants have created a virtual tip jar to encourage patrons to "donate a tip" to a person or business while in San Francisco a restaurant owner has created a Facebook group that helps connect out of work servers with childcare jobs.

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Nextdoor adds Help Maps and Groups to connect neighbors during the coronavirus outbreak

Sarah Perez

March 19, 2020 |

TechCrunch |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Nextdoor, an app that connects neighbors, is helping to coordinate local responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Using newly designed features, users can offer and request help based on location and share information about topics of interest such as child care.

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'Pandemic Partners' In Bend Use Social Media To Care For Neighbors In Isolation

Emily Cureton

March 18, 2020 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

People in Bend, Oregon have turned to social media in order to help at-risk community members during the coronavirus pandemic. Utilizing Facebook Groups to connect with one another, the moderators aim to conduct "acts of kindness that are most easily crowdsourced" such as picking up groceries or walking a neighbor's dog.

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In Kenya slums, community leaders step up to coronavirus challenge

Katharine Houreld

March 18, 2020 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

In Kibera, an informal settle in Nairobi, Kenya with little access to clean water, community organizations are setting up handwashing stations and deploying teams of volunteers to educate people about the spread of COVID-19. One organization called Shining Hope for Communities is addressing a lack of service for Kibera's half a million people.

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Bristolians are self-organising a phenomenal coronavirus fight back in ways that will outlast pandemic

Adam Cantwell-Corn

March 18, 2020 |

The Bristol Cable |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, Bristol

As a grass-roots response to assist vulnerable populations amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are using social media to distribute supplies, services, and advice. One such group on Facebook, the Bristol Community Care - Covid-19 Mutual Aid, has gone viral with thousands of members seeking to help or receive help.

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Distilleries using high-proof alcohol to make hand sanitizer

Lisa Rathke Michael Rubinkam

March 17, 2020 |

Associated Press |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania

Several distilleries across the U.S. are shifting gears from producing beer to instead producing hand sanitizer to play a part in addressing the coronavirus pandemic. Combatting the shortage of the product, while also promoting better hygiene, distilleries are experimenting with recipes based on federal and World Health Organization guidelines and giving the product to patrons as well as donating to charities.

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