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APRIL 8, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE JOY page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVIII • NO 11
HE IS RISEN! Thank You A Sincere
Food Distribution Benefits Local Veterans By Francine Fulton
To Our Community Of Heroes!
Stay Connected And Support Your Local Businesses! • Purchase a gift card to be used at a later date • Order takeout • Tip a little more than usual • Take advantage of curbside pickup/drop-off services
• Share a positive experience/review on social media • Use credit or debit cards (cut down on the germs from cash and coins) • Be patient • Say thank you • Stay home if you’re sick • Sign up for virtual community experiences/ activities
Sam (left), Joy (center) and David Turner Sr. packed 48 bags of food for local veterans on March 30 in the pavilion at East Fallowfield Park. The food distribution was the latest effort by the David’s Drive 831 charity, which has the motto of “Helping Veterans Because We Should.”
David’s Drive 831 (DD831), a Chester County-based organization with the motto of “Helping Veterans Because We Should,” is continuing its charitable work during the coronavirus outbreak. Its most recent effort was to purchase and pack nonperishable food items that were delivered to local at-risk veterans. DD831 is named for David Turner Jr., who was employed at the Coatesville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center when he passed away at the age of 20 in December of 2009. His family members started the all-volunteer David’s Drive 831 charity to benefit veterans by providing much-needed goods and services. The 831 symbolizes the phrase “I love you,” because the phrase contains eight letters and three words that have one meaning. DD831 and the Coatesville VA joined
Birdsboro Merchant Opens Makeshift Pantry By Francine Fulton
While her consignment store is closed due to the state mandate regarding nonessential businesses, Wendy Sheetz, owner of Stuff 4 Everyone, has set up a makeshift food pantry in front of the store, located at 343 W. Main St., Birdsboro. A sign on the cart of food states, “Take what you need; give what you can.” The food pantry is available Mondays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Among the items offered are canned vegetables and soups, crackers, desserts and snacks. Sheetz said she opened the makeshift food pantry in March as an effort to help others during the coronavirus outbreak. “I cleared my pantry and I went grocery shopping, and I started it,” she said. “(The food) is on a threetiered rolling shelf we happened to have. When they told me I could not open (my business as part of the mandate), I put it outside. I don’t judge; people can pick what they want.” While the food is available during limited hours, Sheetz will accept food donations at any time outdoors under the enclosed storefront. She will also arrange to A makeshift food pantry has been set up for people in need at pick up large quantities from those who would like to Stuff 4 Everyone, a consignment shop in Birdsboro. People are See Pantry pg 5 invited to contribute items or take them as needed.
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to take part in the most recent effort along with Triple Fresh Market. On March 30, the Turner family picked up cases of food products that were ordered from Triple Fresh Market, where David was once employed. With the help of staff members, the food was loaded into the DD831 pickup truck. “(Triple Fresh) provided the product at cost,” said David Turner Sr., DD831 founder and president. “(We then) traveled less than a mile away to East Fallowfield Park, where David was a volunteer and his memorial bench is located.” Working in the park pavilion during a rainstorm, members of the Turner family sorted and separated all the canned goods into green reusable David’s Drive tote bags. Each bag included items such as tuna fish, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned chicken, peanut butter and jelly, juice, canned soups, nonperishable milk, juice and See Food Distribution pg 2
Youngsters Encouraged To Cheer Up Nursing Home Residents By Francine Fulton
A local health care worker is inviting youngsters who are currently not in school to brighten the lives of elderly residents who reside at Brandywine Hall, a nursing home in West Chester, by sending them messages through the mail. “We are on lockdown at this time, which stops all visitors who are not essential workers and family members from coming into the building,” explained Liz Linder, a certified occupational therapy assistant. “(Brandywine Hall has) suspended activities, and (the residents) must stay in their rooms for all meals. I am asking for all school-age children to send cards, messages or pictures to cheer up my patients. They really could use cheering up during this See Nursing Home pg 4
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