VOLUME 6, ISSUE 15 APRIL 16, 2020 facebook.com/2mas2KC Twitter, Tumblr, Linkedin, issuu, Pinterest, Instagram www.2mas2KC.com CÉSAR LOZANO:
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BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EXPRESS
Meals for seniors and others
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Comidas para personas mayores y otras
By Rita Sherrie
Complimentary hot meals to go
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Photos by Estuardo Garcia Photos courtesy of Shepherd’s Center KC
Shepherd’s Center volunteers befriend and feed elderly
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veryone still has to eat during this pandemic, and everyone still needs social interaction. A local nonprofit has provided both for a half-century, and its staff and legion of volunteers carries on. The Shepherd’s Center in Kansas City (Mo.) has 50 volunteers who deliver 13,000 hot meals and vital human contact to homebound seniors weekdays each year. Valiantly facing the risks of COVID-19, they haven’t stopped. “Our mission is to reduce hunger and social isolation,” says Janet Baker, Shepherd’s Center KC’s executive director. “With the pandemic, we’ve had to fundamentally change delivery of our meals.” To protect both the volunteers and their clients, the volunteers wear mask and gloves. They hang the bags containing the meals on the door, knock and then step back six feet to wait until the client picks up the meal. Following every precaution, they have their temperature taken when they show up at the Shepherd’s Center, and they wear a fresh pair of gloves for each client. “Our volunteers have relationships with their clients; they’re friends,” Baker says. “They look forward to the day when their relationships can be happy things again. The power of this is to say that our volunteers are the only contacts they have in a day.” Maria Pérez, 90, is one of many Shepherd’s Center KC’s clients who lives alone and has no emergency contacts. She’s incapacitated as the result of a stroke. Having outlived relatives and friends, she looks forward to hugs and visits from the volunteer who regularly delivers her meals. “Having a hot meal handed to our clients by a very loving volunteer is not just the highlight of their day, but the only human contact some of our clients have,” Baker says. “Often, it’s the only full meal they have in a day. We have no choice but to continue, pandemic or not.”
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Voluntarios del Centro Shepherd entablan amistad y alimentan a los ancianos
todavía tienen que comer y aún Testaodos necesitan interacción social durante pandemia. Una organización sin
fines de lucro local ha brindado tanto durante medio siglo, y su personal y legión de voluntarios continúan. Shepherd’s Center en Kansas City (Missouri) tiene 50 voluntarios que entregan 13,000 comidas calientes y contacto humano vital a personas mayores confinadas en sus hogares entre semana cada año. Valientemente enfrentando los riesgos del COVID-19, no se han detenido.
“Nuestra misión es reducir el hambre y el aislamiento social”, dice Janet Baker, Directora Ejecutiva de Shepherd’s Center KC. “Con la pandemia, hemos tenido que cambiar fundamentalmente la entrega de nuestras comidas”. Para proteger tanto a los voluntarios como a sus clientes, los voluntarios usan máscara y guantes. Ellos cuelgan las bolsas que contienen comida en la puerta, tocan y luego retroceden seis pies para esperar hasta que el cliente la recoja. Siguiendo cada precaución, se les toma la temperatura cuando se presentan en Shepherd’s Center, y usan un par de guantes nuevos para cada cliente. “Nuestros voluntarios tienen relaciones con sus clientes; son amigos. Ellos esperan con ansias el día en que sus relaciones puedan ser cosas felices nuevamente. El poder de esto es decir que nuestros voluntarios son los únicos contactos que tienen al día”. María Pérez, de 90 años, es una de muchos clientes de Shepherd’s Center KC que vive sola y no tiene contactos de emergencia. Está incapacitada debido a un derrame cerebral. Habiendo sobrevivido a familiares y amigos,
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n Monday, Sporting Kansas City E O Community Kitchen began distributing 250 four-pack meal kits at no charge to area residents who had registered in advance. The Major League Soccer franchise partnered with City Foods and Events and Operation BBQ Relief to give away 1,000 meals each weekday starting April 13. “Anyone affected by COVID-19 who registers and gets a slot gets a meal,” says Nikki Romolo, vice president of hospitality for Sporting KC. “We just want to help the community.” Meal registration opens at 8 am weekdays and remains open until all 250 slots are filled. Residents can register online at https://sportingkc.formstack.com/forms/community_kitchen or by phoning 913-912-7586. They will receive a confirmation and an assigned time between 11 am and 1 pm to pick up their meal kits curbside outside the Budweiser Brew House. House. It’s located at the northeast corner of Children’s Mercy Park along France Family Drive in Kansas City, Kan. Those who register online must bring their email confirmation to get their meal kits and can claim them from a vehicle or on foot.
“There’s an ATA bus stop right outside the stadium,” Romolo says. Each week, Sporting KC Community Kitchen will give away food prepared by a different restaurant to support local restaurateurs and their employees.
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l lunes, la Cocina Comunitaria del Sporting Kansas City comenzó a distribuir 250 paquetes de comida para cuatro sin cargo a residentes del área que se registraron con anticipación. La franquicia de la Liga Mayor de Fútbol se asoció con City Foods & Events y Operation BBQ Relief para regalar 1,000 comidas cada día entre semana a partir del 13 de abril. “Cualquier persona afectada por COVID-19 que se registre y obtenga un espacio recibe una comida”, informa Nikki Romolo, Vicepresidenta de Hospitalidad del Sporting KC. “Sólo queremos ayudar a la comunidad”. El registro de comidas abre a las 8 a.m. de lunes a viernes y permanece abierto hasta que se llenan los 250 espacios. Los residentes pueden registrarse en línea en https://sportingkc.formstack. com/forms/community_kitchen o llamando al 913-912-7586. Recibirán una confirmación y un horario asignado entre las 11 a.m. y la 1 p.m., para recoger sus paquetes de comida en la acera frente a Budweiser Brew House. Está ubicado en la esquina noreste del estadio Children’s Mercy a lo largo de France Family Drive en Kansas City, Kan. Aquellos que se registren en línea deben traer su confirmación por email para recibir sus kits de comida y pueden reclamarlos desde un vehículo o a pie. “Hay una parada de autobús ATA justo afuera del estadio”. Cada semana, la Cocina Comunitaria del Sporting KC regalará comida preparada por un restaurante diferente para apoyar a los restauranteros locales y sus empleados. “El tipo de comida variará cada semana”. Esta semana, Plowboys Barbeque está preparando las comidas, que incluirán un plato rotativo de barbecue, dos acompañamientos y pan para
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