The ONEchurch annual food drive is entering it’s second year at a very challenging and desperate time. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic hit Food Bank use has sky-rocketed and donations were down just when it started. That is a bad combination…
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ONEchurch Brantford Food Drive June 13th
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Will COVID-19 Help Bring About A 4 Day Work Week?
It’s an idea that is gaining steam and popularity as people and businesses look at how they will comfortably and safely be able to return to the work place in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic; many are talking about…
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A Florida Woman Is Using A New Kind Of Pandemic To Fight The Current One – GNSOTD Mon, May 25th 2020
Shelly Tygielski is a mindfulness teacher out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When the Pandemic hit she saw people in her community were starting to struggle so she came up with an idea; “As the pandemic started, I started to see…
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1 In 4 Restaurants May Not Reopen After Pandemic.
A study by OpenTable which surveyed 20,000 restaurants operating in their network compared data from the 2019 number of reservations to this year to help explain just how dire the situation is. Despite many being open for take-out, businesses are reporting a drastic…
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Survey Shows 40% Of U.S. Parents Will Continue Home Education.
A new survey from the US shows that even though the majority of parents are hoping that schools will open in the fall so they can send the kids back, a significant number of parents plan on continuing to home school regardless…
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One Group Of Seniors Laughing Their Way Through Quarantine – GNSOTD Thur, May 21st 2020
If you, like so many, are sitting at home trying to figure out what to do with yourself next. You should know about one of the most vulnerable groups of people, a group of 20 seniors living in one of…
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Victoria Day Long Weekend Important Information.
As we head into the Victoria Day Long Weekend it is difficult to have a grasp on what might be affected by the holiday and what might be because of the COVID-19 response; to try to assist with that here’s…
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Teen Helps Nursing Home Residents Even After Visits Cancelled – GNSOTD Wed, May 13th 2020
There is a young lady has been helping seniors in nursing homes for quite a while now; her name is Hita Gupta. She’s been volunteering at a facility near her home in Paoli, Pennsylvania for over a year, organizing activities…
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Students Stop Food Waste; Send It To Food Banks – GNSOTD Tue, May 12th 2020
A group of students, which was started by two from Brown University in Rhode Island, but includes grads from the University of Southern California, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, the Harvard School of Business, and Cornell University, along with a network…
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Mother’s Day Surprise For More Than Expected – GNSOTD Mon, May 11th 2020
It was meant to be a Mother’s Day surprise for grandma Cherrill Flynn, 87, when 26-year-old Rebecca Roy and her family sang “You Are My Sunshine” outside their grandma’s senior living facility in Waterford, Michigan. But it ended up being…
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