Weekly Update #15 - July 01, 2020

​Homebound Help led by Dessa Somerside

• The past week MapleGOOD distributed:
  • 60 boxes of produce,
  • 78 gallons of milk, and
  • 104 loaves of bread
  • Thanks to Sikhs Of STL!!
• Spread the word that FREE breakfast & lunch for anyone under 18 will be distributed from Sutton Loop Park for the next two weeks (see flier)
• Thank you Gretchen Schiltz Brenner for delivering  weekly WOW bags to MRH family!!
• It's time to make more cards for the residents at Richmond Terrace - A Lutheran Senior Services community... The residents LOVE receiving mail and particularly handmade cards!!  ❤️ If you're interested, please message Susan Hewlett Peck for details on where to drop off your card/s. 

Arming Warriors led by Susan Hewlett Peck

• Meals provided to Maplewood Fire and Police Departments, Schnucks staff, Richmond Terrace Assisted Living Center & donuts provided to our local USPS & CVS!
• 8 healthcare workers matched with community supports
• 40 lbs of coffee donated from La Cosecha Coffee Roasters for hospitals: Christian NE, SLU, St. John’s, Cardinal Glennon, St Mary's, MOBAP, Mercy, BJC & home health agency

Social Distance Support led by Kelsey Laitinen-Richter (v1.0) & Katelyn Harris (v2.0)

• Version 1.0: Four neighbors partnered
• Version 2.0: All 10 elderly and differently abled, homebound neighbors matched up with neighbors

MapleGOOD Masks led by Leslie Keuss, Eleanor Pardini & Beth Crotty Vesper

• 20 Masks donated this week to MRH families
• We are busy working on masks for the bus stops, individuals, and organizations.
  If you have the capacity to sew we could use your help!
• Mask Tree Project
  • Neighbors helped bag up 3100 masks!
  • 523 masks distributed through Mask Trees this week!
  • 1,437 total masks distributed through Mask Trees

Hygiene Heroes led by Lori Olsen McElvain & Amber Withycombe

• Bin is at Immaculate Conception church and being replenished daily!
• Current needs are: toilet paper, hand soap, hand sanitizer, incontinence products (including for men), diapers size 1 or 4 and above, diaper cream

Mini-Food Pantries led by Chasity Mattox & Shana Alicia Poole-Jones

• Big THANK YOU to Rachel Silverberg, Jennifer Kelly Phillips, Stacy Slater Dick & Children for recording temperatures in mini-pantries and coming up with heat mitigating interventions!
• Mini-Pantry Managers:
  • Blessing Box: Susie Dietz McGaughey & Laine Pitt Schenkelberg
  • Hygiene Heroes Box: Lori Olsen McElvain & Amber Withycombe
  • Christ Church Food Box: Linda Robinson
  • Hope Box: Allison Brown
  • Community Cupboard: Chasity Mattox
  • Kellogg Park Food Box: Carla Pezzani-Rovira & Veronica Rovira

Since MapleGOOD started:

• Over 920 people joined MapleGOOD
• 76 neighbors donated a total of $6,612
• Neighbors & programs receiving financial support totaling $3,960.48
  • Groceries: $391.86
  • Medicines: $325
  • Projects: $2,798.62
  • Direct Assistance: $445