Weekly Update #16 & 17 - July 14, 2020

​Homebound Help led by Dessa Somerside

• The past two week MapleGOOD distributed:
  • 500 hot meals, thanks to LifeWise STL, Maplewood United Methodist Church, and all our volunteers who delivered!
  • 60 boxes of produce, thanks to Convoy of Hope,
    • Sign up to help with future deliveries: https://bit.ly/2C1RVIo
  • 30 gallons of milk, thanks to Sikhs Of STL,
  • Donation of hygiene and non-perishable items, thanks to Sikhs Of STL,
  • Games and toys to families staying at a hotel, thanks to MRH families.​

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
• 45 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 & Alexius Hospital

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
  • Seeking: new lead for SDS 2.0 to take over and establish weekly meal program for elderly

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

• 50 cloth masks distributed:
  • 15 masks  to three individual households,
  • 35 masks  to one long-term residential-living facility
• 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
  • Three New Mask Trees opened in Richmond Heights, thanks to Almut Marino!
  • Neighbors helped bag up 4,300 masks!
  • 967 masks distributed through Mask Trees these two weeks!
  • 2,404 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: Diapers! (and wipes), Hand soap / hand sanitizer, Body wash, Deodorant

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

• "Caring Cabinet" is Maplewood's newest mini-food pantry, located at the shelter at Sutton Loop Park managed by Susie Dietz McGaughey
• Find the mini-pantry map here: https://bit.ly/2UIKFag

Since MapleGOOD started:

• Over 940 people joined MapleGOOD
• 76 neighbors donated a total of $6,612
• Neighbors & programs receiving financial support totaling $4,145.63
  • Groceries: $466.86
  • Medicines: $325
  • Projects: $2,908.77
  • Direct Assistance: $445