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DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT Leo Tobbe organized a thank you card drive for Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital.

He sent out a message to all of his friends and received 50 cards in less than 24 hours. Leo placed the cards throughout the parking garages where he knew caregivers would see them. His goal was to show appreciation and support to our staff.

THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19: HEALTH CARE HEROES, FIRST RESPONDERS, GROCERY STORE WORKERS & MORE DETAIL EXPERIENCES DURING OUTBREAK It wasn’t the empty grocery shelves or the vacant restaurants and bars that made living through the COVID-19 lockdown so difficult. It wasn’t even the cancellation of the Kentucky Derby Festival. What made self-isolation so hard was the way the community was forced to stop business as usual overnight and adapt to a new normal.

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I have been a nurse for more than 29 years and have worked in many different areas.

When COVID-19 hit Louisville, we were updated daily, and at times multiple times a day at work through staff meetings and emails because the rules changed often. Then the PPE became an issue, then more changes.

It was a crazy emotional roller coaster.

We are all scared because everyday is uncertain. What will we face? Have we been exposed and are now carrying the virus?

Did I wear the correct PPE? When will things be back to normal? Can I afford to keep getting told to stay home because the census is low? What are we going to do with this pandemic if it continues to grow and we lose so many people?

The patients — all of them — are alone in the hospital. The nurses and staff are all they have. I can’t imagine how they feel.

The patients who don’t have COVID-19, but are very sick are surrounded by a virus that could possibly kill them. Will they ever see their family again? Will they die alone?

Or will they be able to make it out of the hospital and return home? We, as nurses, are living this with them.

Our lives are an emotional mess. No matter if you are at home or at work, the virus consumes you. You can’t hide or pretend it isn’t here.

When you arrive to work, you pass through the entrance with staff asking how you feel and taking your temperature. Then when you get to your floor, you get your

assignments as you put on the mask that you will wear for the next 12 to 13 hours.

Then you are off at a run because staff is cut, asked to stay home or are pulled to other areas. The patient census is very low because we’re trying to keep everyone healthy at home. No elective surgeries and people are afraid to come to the ER. But when they do come to the hospital, they arrive very ill.

The acuity is high with less staff and it makes for a very busy day.

But you get through it. You melt down, you support each other and, most importantly, you support the patients. I always let my patients know that I am their family for the day. I will be there for them no matter what.

we will get through this. No matter what we face, just knowing we are not alone eases the fear a little.

Still, there are so many bright spots, too.

My bright spots are seeing someone smile because they know I will do everything in my power to take care of them. This involves much more than passing medications or changing a dressing or drawing labs. It involves trying to make them laugh, holding their hands when they cry, crying with them, FaceTiming their families so they can see each other, going down and picking up some homemade cards from their grandkids, hanging the cards on the wall and so much more.

Nurses have so many opportunities that are gifts. We have the chance to be there for the life-changing and life-ending events. As difficult as this may be, it is a true blessing.

I know at the end of each day that I did my best to make someone’s day better, to have them know I am here for them. There’s an Working as a nurse right now is dangerous, emotional investment each nurse makes to but so is life. If we do what is recommended every patient, every day. Not only during by the Governor, the CDC and our hospital, this pandemic, but always.

Nurses are here to care for those who can’t care for themselves. We are also there to take care of the families who are terrified because their loved one is in a place that they cannot enter.

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CHENOWETH SQUARE REOPENS TO CUSTOMERS The 18 locally-owned businesses at Chenoweth Square are excited to be welcoming back their customers starting May 20.

In doing so, they are focusing now on following the Centers for Disease Control & Preventions(CDC) and the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) guidelines for retailers and essential services. These guidelines are “focused on the safety of customers, staff members and store environments.”

Many of Chenoweth Square’s businesses are adjusting to Gov. Andy Beshear’s

“Healthy at Work” initiative. To continue to accommodate their customers needs for their goods and services, many are utilizing social media, Facebook, Instagram, websites and virtual showroom videos.

No-contact curbside and home delivery are available for orders placed by phone or social media portals and by appointment when necessary.

Meredith Lintner Metzmeier of Cartwheels Papers & Gifts has reported that “staff members at Cartwheels will have their temperatures taken upon arrival each day and that the same precaution will be available for their guests, if they would like.”

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Shelby Simpson of Three Dog Bakery says it best, ”We are grateful to our customers who have continued to support us during this difficult time. We are looking forward to seeing everyone again soon!”

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Commonwealth Credit Union, which has served the St. Matthew’s community for nearly six years, has a tagline they live by: “We better lives through our passion to serve.”

“We want to help people understand Commonwealth Credit Union and give them an opportunity to capitalize on their financial success with our products and services, but that also means helping other businesses in St. Matthews to really flourish,” says Bethany Yates, Assistant Branch Manager.

This is why they are involved with the Chamber of St. Matthews. In fact, in 2019 they won the Community Champion Award from the Chamber because of the investment they make in community.

mortgage seminars during after-hours operation so that community members can come to the branch and ask mortgage loan officers questions about the process.

“This one-on-one time enables people to feel more comfortable with a process that can feel overwhelming,” Yates says.

For the past two years, Commonwealth Credit Union has also partnered with skills are being passed on,” says Yates, noting “We try to partner not just with financial Metropolitan College regarding their tuition the importance of educating the community institutions or through financial products reimbursement offered through UPS. at large about online security and the safety but also give back at the grassroots level,” of online practices. For instance, members says Yates, noting that every year they “We help students get a good handle on of the older generation may receive a check sponsor the St. Matthews Street Festival, finances because having a financial partner in the mail that’s a scam. which serves to elevate community spirit. they can meet with may mean they’ll be In addition, they sponsor the trick-orable to graduate college debt-free,” says Yates has found that as the banking treating event Halloween at Brown Park as Yates, noting that many of them have never community has evolved, so, too, has their well as Light Up St. Matthews, the annual been away from home and, as such, have team’s banking style. celebration that kicks off the holiday season. never been in charge of their own finances and budget.

“It’s not about just coming into the branch Commonwealth Credit Union works closely anymore,” Yates says. “Now we are more with local schools to help students start out They are looking at trying to get into high active listeners to determine what may be a with financial developments in education schools as well to give teachers a liaison to better product for a customer. It’s more about that can carry on in secondary school or help educate on financial empowerment. conversations than about debits and credits.” trade school and going forward in life.

Because banking isn’t what it once was. For And they have partnered with St. Matthews instance, these days fewer people write checks. Commonwealth Credit Union is located at Library to provide informational social 3704 Frankfort Ave. in Louisville. For more security seminars with accredited financial “The more we get away from those information, call 502-564-4775 or visit advisors. Each spring they also host traditional forms of banking, the less those https://www.ccuky.org/ 8 / ST. MATTHEWS MAGAZINE / JUNE 2020 / StMatthewsMag.com

Health Care Heroes Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

Remember the days when shaking hands with a rock-n-roll star or rubbing elbows with an a famous athlete was a memorable experience? Remember the way your children watched superhero movies with their eyes wide and their mouths agape as they sat, mesmerized, at the notion of being able to fly, deflect bullets and neutralize the bad guys? Remember the times you had a random encounter with an A-list Hollywood actress at an airport or a legendary musician while vacationing in an exotic location? We remember such encounters because we, as a society, have elevated Hollywood superstars, sports icons, music legends and fictitious comic book characters as heroes in our minds.

It wasn’t until this spring when an insidious, highly contagious disease swiftly and jarringly upended our routines, our lives, our families and our world that our definition of “hero” was sharply

redefined. Suddenly we looked to doctors, nurses, hospital staff, first responders and emergency personnel with fresh eyes of gratitude and a renewed sense of awe as we recognized the grand and personal sacrifices they were making, daily, for the sake of their communities.

We are grateful to our hometown heroes in a way that perhaps we never have been in our lifetime because we know the blood, sweat and tears that these men and women have shed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept through our country, leaving confusion, uncertainly, and blind fear in its wake. As schools, churches, restaurants, hair salons, gyms, movie theaters, shopping malls and other businesses shut down, those on the frontlines never stopped working. In fact, many put in overtime, both physically and mentally, to ensure the safety of their fellow man.

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which is that we have heroes living among us. And for that, we are all eternally grateful. Therefore, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank these beautiful people for their ceaseless sacrifice, unwavering commitment to serve and boundless love of humankind.

When every day brings a new series of harrowing headlines, it can be easy to slip into sadness or flounder in fear. But I assure you, there is a light at the end of the tunnel thanks to this army of men and women as they are the heartbeat of hope that now, always has, and always will work tirelessly to relieve pain, save lives and restore health. These individuals dedicate their lives to helping us live our best lives.

Because as the saying goes, “When you have your health, you have everything.

When you do not have your health, nothing else matters.”

Thank you to all our health care heroes for what you do each day!

THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 Health Care Heroes, First Responders, Grocery Store Workers & More Detail Experiences During Outbreak wanted to ensure we nurtured their spirits and helped with the stress and grief they were enduring. It’s our job to remember that the work they do can easily take its toll. We It wasn’t the empty grocery shelves or provided resources so they could continue the vacant restaurants and bars that made to do their jobs.”

“After Gov. Andy Beshear directed that living through the COVID-19 lockdown

elective medical procedures be postponed, so difficult. It wasn’t even the cancellation Norton offered daily meal stipends, medical facilities changed drastically of the Kentucky Derby Festival. What respite areas for employees on 12-hour overnight,” says Lynnie Meyer, Senior made self-isolation so hard was the way the shifts, chaplains available 24-hours a day Vice-President and Chief Development community was forced to stop business as and uplifting daily texts of encouragement.

Officer of Norton Hospital Louisville. usual overnight and adapt to a new normal.

“Our patient volume was down because elective procedures and outpatient care were “The pandemic truly brought out the best in After the “Healthy at Home” initiative everyone,” Meyer says. “There’s been such postponed. However, leadership continued was announced in March, all nonessential to pay staff during the periods of low volume.” an enormous outreach of support from the retail businesses, restaurants and bars were community. It confirms that we are truly in

required to close to in-person traffic. Some Meyer says that some of Norton’s staff were this together.” police services were curtailed. Schools, parks asked to stay at home but ready to return to and churches closed their doors, and medical work if needed while continuing to be paid. The LMPD had to make some revisions as facilities ceased elective procedures, all in an well.

attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

“We wanted to ensure they were healthy and “Gov. Beshear’s emergency order required ready in case we reached surge capacity,” Our city shutdown and uncertainty, fear and Meyer adds. “Other health care systems had Louisville Metro Police to change the way frustration hovered over in the air for weeks. our officers respond to calls,” says Sgt. to lay off a segment of their workforce due Yet, in spite of the undercurrent of anxiety, Lamont Washington, LMPD Media and to lower patient numbers.” first responders and essential workers

Public Relations Office. showed up to work to ensure essential While some medical facilities had to close businesses remained open. their doors entirely, hospitals like Norton To minimize the risk of face-to-face Hospital in Louisville remained operational. exposure, LMPD increased the capacity The truth is, frontline and essential

of its telephone reporting unit for nonworkers weren’t expecting to work during “In addition to caring for our patients emergency crime reporting. More calls for the pandemic. Yet, in spite of the limited infected with COVID-19, we began taking service were sent to the reporting unit for resources and social distancing mandates, special care of our staff,” Meyer says. “We situations where a report could be taken by Writer / Glad Doggett Photography provided by Norton Healthcare, Kroger, LMPD and Independence Bank

they bravely showed up on the frontlines day after day. Also, there was an immediate quest to find creative ways to keep the community safely running during a time of crisis.

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Community outreach via the department’s social media pages included reading children’s stories for storytime and video reminders by officers to stay at home and avoid crowds. In communities, officers did drive-by parades for children’s birthdays, honored the medical staff at hospitals with a gauntlet during shift changes and checked on elderly citizens, ensuring they maintained the social distancing protocols.

“We began asking all patients and all staff to wear masks and gloves and to have their temperatures taken upon entering the building,” says Dr. Dan Bowerson of Bowersox Vision Center.

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“By leveraging QueVision, our technology system that uses infrared sensors and predictive analytics, we are able to more efficiently support our new capacity limits, creating a safer environment for our customers and associates,” says Yael Cosset, Kroger’s chief technology and digital officer.

Kroger’s new customer capacity limits joins other measures the retailer has established to promote physical distancing, including the addition of plexiglass partitions and educational floor decals and airing of a

healthy habits message via in-store radio to encourage customers to practice good hygiene and spatial awareness.

Kroger and its affiliates have also recently implemented protective and preventive measures, including protective face masks and gloves for associates and associate wellness checks.

“Our introduction of customer capacity limits is one more way we are doing our part to flatten the curve while operating as an essential business, providing our customers with access to fresh, affordable food and products,” says Erin Grant, Kroger Corporate Affairs Manager & Media Relations. “During this national pandemic, we are committed to adopting preventive measures to help protect the safety and health of our associates, customers and communities.”

Kroger also worked to establish drive-thru testing centers that are open to residents of Kentucky.

“Kroger Health’s vision is to help people live healthier lives, and it has never been more important as we help to expand testing across the Commonwealth,” says Colleen Lindholz, President of Kroger Health. “This work is guided by our values and our promise to Feed the Human Spirit. We continue to make decisions that balance the safety of our associates with our commitments to our customers and communities.”

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IN ST. MATTHEWS, WITH HELP COMES HEALING FIRST HOUR GRIEF RESPONSE OFFERS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing

In 2011, Karen Buchanan was in the middle of making lunch when, in a split second, her life was forever changed. Upstairs, her husband had committed suicide, and when first responders arrived on the scene, they dealt with the logistics of the situation but were at a loss when it came to knowing how to help Buchanan.

“They didn’t know what to do with me,” she says.

As a result, Buchanan was left flailing in a state of shock, sadness, confusion and chaos with nobody to talk to about what to do with her racing emotions.

“I knew pretty quickly that I wanted to figure out a way to help the next suicide survivor widow,” Buchanan says. “I just wasn’t sure what that looked like.”

In 2015 she met Lisa Schardein, who also suffered a tragic loss in 2011 when her 19-year-old son was killed by a drunk driver.

The two women discussed the anguish they suffered following their losses, and how they wished there had been a resource available to help them navigate their way through the initial fog of grief. They decided to create First Hour Grief Response, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps people navigate the sudden loss of a loved one. The organization didn’t officially launch until 2018. Funded by grants and private donations, the women quit their jobs in order to devote their lives to the organization.

The women are certified by the Grief Recovery Institute and offer free 90-minute grief mentoring to those who are newly grieving, helping them sort through both the emotional and pragmatic logistics of their new, strange life.

Schardein, who worked in marketing for more than three decades, says that after her only child died, she didn’t know who she was anymore. She needed to find a purpose in life and the new organization was a perfect fit.

When Buchanan and Schardein meet with grievers, they spend very little time talking about themselves, though they do take a few minutes to share their personal stories so that people understand that they have endured similar pain.

“So many people don’t know how to treat those who have experienced a loss, so part of our vision is to help grief be understood by everybody,” Schardein says. “We want to give bystanders strategies for helping people they care about because they often say or do the wrong thing.”

“They realize we’ve been where they are, so they’re like, ‘Okay, you get me,’” Schardein says.

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days when a griever is in a state of shock but is forced to make dozens of decisions regarding funeral details, organ donation, legal documents and more.

People typically find their way to First Hour Grief Response about three weeks after a loss, when friends and family have gone back to normal routines, leaving them to process what’s happened. This is a fragile time in the grieving process, as it can be difficult to eat, sleep, think and function. As a result, the grieving individual’s life at this time can feel forced, strange and disconcerting.

“They’re asking themselves, ‘Am I going crazy?’” Schardein says. “They want to talk to someone to find out if what they’re feeling is normal.”

The First Hour Grief Response website is divided into five categories that grievers can navigate: loss of a child, spouse, parent and friend, as well as loss by suicide. The site also lists resources and support groups.

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Buchanan and Schardein help to run several support groups around the city for loss due to addiction, loss of child, infant loss, and general grief support.

Buchanan and Schardein are also in the process of training additional facilitators, and are working to set up grief support groups around downtown and the west end of the city. In addition, they have fee-based, special counselors on staff who can help those who have suffered traumatic loss such as suicide. Buchanan wanted to be sure eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy was also an option, as she found it to be highly effective in her own healing following her trauma.

“It’s an amazing tool that truly saved me, as it buried the vision of finding my husband following his suicide,” Buchanan says. “Now that vision no longer haunts me.”

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The women sometimes hear from those they have assisted, and those individuals extend their gratitude for the help they “She tried to drink her pain away,” received during their darkest days. Last Schardein says. “She says she wished she’d December, when a woman witnessed the sought help sooner.” murder of her boyfriend, she was grateful for Buchanan and Schardein’s presence.

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“Lisa and I have endured hard stories and we are now thriving to help others,” Buchanan says. “If we can get grievers to a place to be healed, they become thrivers and our community gets stronger. That’s where some people are beginning to listen to us because they want a healthier community.”

Located in a house in St. Matthews, complete with comfortable couches and plush pillows, the First Hour facility is not your typical sterile office environment but rather a warm, welcoming and safe setting for recovery.

Buchanan and Schardein invite any griever to reach out if they are struggling.

“We want people to know we are a free resource for them,” Buchanan says. “They don’t have to do this alone.”

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This season, farmers markets are transitioning from community gathering spaces to transaction-based markets, or IN & OUT markets. We made operational and procedural changes to protect customers, farmers, and staff / volunteers and to mitigate the spread of disease, including following all guidance provided by the Kentucky Cabinet for Public Health (KCPH).

Market goers are encouraged to pre-order to speed up the transaction process and limit exposure. Pre-orders are not required.

A list of participating farms and their preorder instructions can be found on the website at smfarmersmarket.com.

In addition to integrating the KCPH, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, and Metro Louisville Department of Health and Wellness guidance, we are requiring that our farmers, food vendors, and other market partners adhere to best practices as outlined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the exposure and spread of coronavirus COVID-19.

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Contactless drive-thru pick-up is also available for pre-orders. Pre-order from a participating vendor, then print your name and the name of the farm or vendor you ordered from on a piece of paper.

Drive to the market and a volunteer will direct you to the pick-up tent. Hold up the piece of paper bearing your name and name of farm, with your window closed. A runner will retrieve your order. You will be directed to a parking space to wait. Open your trunk. A runner will place the order in your trunk and close it.

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Author & Wheelchair Marathoner Paul Erway Talks Inspiration For His Two Books Writer / Angie Boggs Photography Provided

Paul Erway is co-founder of 50 Abilities Marathons, a group of wheelchair marathoners who also speak at rehab centers to “get patients going” to try adaptive sports. But also to the therapists to let them know how important their role is in the recovery of patients. The group, Erway and his friends Grant Berthiaume and Aaron Roux, set an initial goal to run in 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 weeks.

later hit by a truck in his racing wheelchair in 2006. He was inspired by the late actor Christopher Reeve and wanting to help his Foundation, and by the people and research at Frazier Rehab in Louisville. Erway was an equestrian, like Reeve, and had been doing horse shows since age 11.

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation funds research to help spinal cord injury patients through grants and advocacy, to improve quality of life. The Foundation is named for the late actor and producer and his wife. Reeve was paralyzed Erway was injured in two separate accidents, after a horseback riding accident in 1995, the first being a car wreck in 1980, the and used a wheelchair for nine years, before weekend of college graduation when he he passed away in 2005. His wife Dana, an was just 21 years old. His spinal cord was advocate and caregiver, suffered from lung injured and he became paraplegic. He was cancer and passed away in 2006.

Erway was told he had great stories and that he should write a book, so he attended a workshop by Cathy Fyock, author of “On Your Mark: From First Word to First Draft in 6 Weeks.” He ended up with enough material for two books!

His first book, “50 Abilities, Unlimited Possibilities,” covers his first 14 marathons toward his goal of 50, up to the Boston Marathon in 2013. His second book, covering the remaining marathons, came out this past July.

The first book covers the team’s first marathon toward their goal in Jackson in January 2013, the Mississippi Blues Marathon. There are also marathons in Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Myrtle Beach,

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Birmingham, New Orleans, Albany (Georgia), Little Rock, Los Angeles, Cape May (New Jersey), Knoxville, and Adeline (Kansas).

Each chapter of the book describes one marathon and also includes “Behind The Scenes” stories of people that Erway and his friends meet.

“I didn’t go to win but to complete each marathon and had so many great experiences I wouldn’t have had,” he says.

“Having a series of goals gave drive to come back, asking what can I do, what else can I do, and wrote a book in the process.”

The idea began as a way to bring awareness and to raise money for Team Reeve. Erway and his friend Grant Berthiaume had just completed the Oita, Japan marathon, considered the best event in the world for wheelchair racers, as there are only wheelchair racers and no runners, and thought “what next?”

Erway began competing in wheelchair racing in regionals and went to the world championships in Assen, Holland in 1990. His mentor Marty Ball, a member of the Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame, recommended the Boston Marathon, considered the greatest race in the US, and he completed it three times. It remains special to him because he qualified for it the first time after he learned he had not qualified for Paralympics, and he wanted to give up racing.

Ball suggested he try Boston first.

There are marathon runners “50 state” clubs, but the group became the first wheelchair racers to do so. The team then came up with the goal of 50 marathons and began after two years of planning and finding sponsors.

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The team also took time to enjoy some great food and sightseeing, like fresh seafood in New Jersey and beignets at Café du Monde in New Orleans. Erway also recommends “Abilities Expo” a traveling exhibit with workshops and demos of wheelchair sports, which the group attended in LA. Of course, the Boston Marathon in 2013 ends up being an unforgettable experience for Erway. He left the race and took a cab to the airport right away. The gate attendant announced he was the first marathon finisher to board. Only after the plane landed did he learn there had been a bomb at the finish line. The experience left him saddened, but inspired by the “Boston Strong” resiliency of the city and its people, and determined to continue his races.

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