Here are some of the great suggestions for service I've received from our Small Group Leaders:
1) Thank you cards, sent to those in the medical field who are fighting the virus on the frontlines. They could use our support and encouragement;
2) Buy gift cards from a local bar or restaurant to support local business. If you don't need the gift card yourself, donate it to someone who is out of a job because of the quarantine or to someone unexpectedly on the front lines (e.g. a checker at a grocery store). The club will be looking into ways we can show our furloughed servers at the Antlers our love and appreciation;
3) Folks are going for walks with their families. You can decorate your driveway or sidewalk with messages of encouragement with sidewalk chalk. Some neighborhoods are participating in a "bear hunt" where residents put Teddy bears in windows for passers-by to "find;"
4) We will collectively continue to pick up and deliver groceries or pharmacy items for any Rotarians who are housebound, but we can extend that offer to others in our neighborhood who may be too elderly to safely leave home right now;
5) If we are out and about on walks or in parks (and responsible maintaining a social distance, of course), we can pick up trash (with gloves and a claw... NOT with our bare hands);
6) We can clean out our closets and put aside items to donate when the quarantine lifts;
7) We can donate to a local food bank (like Care and Share) or blood bank;
8) Sew face masks. I understand Joann's is donating supplies to those willing to sew face masks for donation. Also, our local health providers don't need the homemade masks at this time, but they would make a good gift for Rotarians or neighbors who need to leave home.