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“Essential Worker” was never a huge part of the human vernacular until the pandemic called Covid-19 raised its pernicious head and began to ravage and divide our country. Now, like the first responders after 9-11, essential workers are being upgraded to hero status.
he LMH Health Summer Leadership Academy, a mentoring program for local high school juniors and seniors, proceeded carefully during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person activities.
During the first couple of months of the COVID-19 outbreak, Gov. Laura Kelly’s words and executive orders were the guiding lights for Kansans. So when she signed Executive Order No. 20-16 on March 28, 2020, calling for a statewide “stay-home” order, she also defined which types of businesses across the state were exceptions for remaining operational.
The Lawrence Community Shelter is working toward placing the homeless in permanent housing situations to protect them from COVID-19 and keep them off the streets for good.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, the Lawrence Community Shelter worked hardest at sending people out of the shelter instead of bringing people in to be safe, as is its usual mission. The shelter was trying not to shelter.