Easter is Not Canceled!

Easter is not Canceled!

Easter is NOT Canceled! 

It’s Time to Share H.O.P.E.

 

ALL Churches and Non-Profit Faith Communities!

PLEASE REPOST ON WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY

IT IS TIME THE FAITH COMMUNITY SHOWS UP TO FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE!
OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND FRONTLINE EMERGENCY WORKERS DESERVE AND MUST HAVE MORE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, APPRECIATION, AND ENCOURAGEMENT! 

You are CALLED into Action to HELP MEET the NEEDS and to 

EQUIP our faith communities to join in the battle.

We are ALL IN this together!

We can strategically help meet the needs locally and across our great nation! With God’s help, together, we will link arms with our government, businesses, neighbors, families and the faith community. we will deliver appreciation and encouragement to hospitals, nursing homes, police, and fire stations throughout April and May and especially  during the 24-Hour Easter H.O.P.E. Celebration. And we will support restaurants and bring some employees back to work!

ABOVE ALL ELSE, INCLUDING OUR OWN GOOD INTENTIONS, WE MUST HONOR AND OBEY WHAT THE HEALTH AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE ORDERING US TO DO.
Therefore, EVERY SINGLE PERSON MUST COMMIT to maintain social distancing, hand washing, at  ALL times and to CORRECT the behavior of anyone they see violating it.

Please share this info with colleagues and all within your organization and share with other groups through Facebook, texts, and phone calls. 

 We need your help to get this in the hands of the faith-based community,
friends, and family immediately.

Here is what YOU can do today to be part of the solution to fight the COVID-19 battle.

  • DONATE: 

             MUCH NEEDED Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as posted by Ohio Governor Mike

DeWine.      * List is printed below

             CONTRIBUTE FINANCIAL RESOURCES to the Sharing Hope COVID-19 Fund,  (a 501(c)3).

             Funds are used to:

  • Purchase Personal Protective Equipment for use by hospitals and medical centers.

            Individuals and small businesses will join with major initiatives and donate existing items

            from the list below and/or can make masks and gowns to be used as needed.

           The Church and faith communities can mobilize the troops to locate face shields, masks,

           etc.  The funds you give enable us to make the purchases in smaller quantities while we

           wait for the huge shipments from overseas.  And certain PPEs can be made at home!

            Directions are printed below.

            Manufacturers can go to: RepurposingProject.com for information to produce items

            needed in the State of Ohio.

2 .       Feed our heroes quality, delicious food prepared in local restaurants to doctors, nurses,

            and staff and medical facilities, nursing homes, police and fire stations, and emergency

            essential workers. You can either donate funds and we will disperse to trustworthy

            colleagues who will work with restaurants to prepare and deliver food to medical

            communities, and emergency workers!  THANK YOU!

  •     Give blood and make it possible for your community to do so! Thousands who need

            frequent transfusions are at risk of losing their lives due to the current shortage

            throughout our nation.  Call your local blood center and arrange to have a mobile unit a

            your house of worship. Promote it well.

  •     Businesses are HIGHLY encouraged to post signs of appreciation and encouragement to

          the Front Line on billboards near roadways and on their buildings. When possible, please

          use the Sharing H.O.P.E. logo.  It will carry the message, H.O.P.E. Hold On Pain Ends so

          those who see it will know your efforts are part of a united message from the faith

          community.

     4.     JOIN  THE 24 HOURS of EASTER H.O.P.E. CELEBRATION with your faith community.    

THE 24 HOURS of EASTER H.O.P.E. CELEBRATION

 

From Sundown, April 11 through Sundown Easter Sunday, April 12

       Throughout THE 24-HOUR EASTER H.O.P.E. CELEBRATION, faith leaders are asked to LIVE STREAM or show a recorded message of HOPE AND TO PRAY from a nearby hospital, medical facility, nursing home, police, fire station OR to do so from their own facility.

NOTE: ALL MUST STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE SAFETY STANDARDS.

HOWEVER, their congregations are NOT PERMITTED TO ATTEND, but instead should join together from the safety of home and watch the LIVE STREAM.  They are encouraged to make online contributions to their personal house of worship to help sustain their faith community.

       Families and individuals living in the same house, who have been quarantined together for a minimum of 14 days,  are encouraged to line the streets and parking lots of medical facilities on EASTER throughout the 24 hours from sundown on Saturday, April 11 to sundown on Sunday, April 12. They MUST REMAIN AT LEAST SIX FEET FROM OTHERS and are encouraged to remain in their cars, when possible.

All are asked to make signs and banners to attach to their cars, and place on stakes in grass near medical, police, and fire facilities.  The SIGNS INCLUDING STAKES AND DECORATIONS can ONLY be made from materials at home right now.  DO NOT leave home to purchase any signage materials.

        NOTE:  ONLY people living in the same house and who have been quarantined together for a minimum of 14 days may participate in the LIVE 24-HOUR EASTER H.O.P.E. CELEBRATION. For the 24 hours from sundown on April 11 until sundown on April 12, we will line the streets  to thank our medical heroes, including those working in nursing homes, and our first responders.

Governor DeWine Makes Plea to FDA;
Releases List of Needed PPE

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)— Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today made an urgent plea to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue an emergency waiver for the use of new technology that could sterilize up to 160,000 used personal protective face masks per day in Ohio.

From a major hospital system, the following items are needed in unopened, original packaging:                                                               Bouffant caps                                                           Eyewear: safety goggles, safety glasses                            Gowns: medical-grade protective gowns, isolation gowns                                                                    Gloves: exam gloves, surgical gloves                  Hand sanitizer: greater than 60% alcohol        Masks: N95 masks, surgical masks, procedure masks, with or without face shields.           Sanitizing wipes: Clorox                                                            Shoe covers: medical or laboratory boot/shoe covers

From a major hospital system, the following items are needed in unopened, original packaging:                                                               Bouffant caps                                                           Eyewear: safety goggles, safety glasses                            Gowns: medical-grade protective gowns, isolation gowns                                                                    Gloves: exam gloves, surgical gloves                  Hand sanitizer: greater than 60% alcohol        Masks: N95 masks, surgical masks, procedure masks, with or without face shields.           Sanitizing wipes: Clorox                                                            Shoe covers: medical or laboratory boot/shoe covers

  • Surgical gowns (S, M, L, XL, XXL)
  • Face/surgical masks (adult, pediatric)
  • Gloves (nitrile, vinyl, or butyl)
  • N-95 particulate respirators
  • Isolation gowns
  • Face shields
  • Tyvek coveralls
  • Thermometers
  • Foot coverings
  • Ventilator tubing

Masks can be made at home.

* Pattern to make masks supplied by St Elizabeth Hospitals, Covington, Ky.

NOTE:  Locations to take the PPEs will be identified soon.

For Donations and Info:

SharingHopeCenter.org     FB: Sharing Hope Center

Paula@SharingHopeCenter.org

513.447.5400