Donate to food banks, buy a restaurant gift card, and 8 other things you can do to help right now
Check in on your loved ones, find a pen pal, and offer to help your neighbors with groceries. Photo: Getty Images As the novel coronavirus continues to spread rapidly across the country, life as we know it increasingly feels as if it’s been put on pause. In many places, museums, bars, libraries, and restaurants are temporarily shutting down. Universities and public school systems are canceling classes.
Buy gift cards to your favorite restaurants and small businesses. Try to support small businesses and restaurants. They have thin margins, and there’s often not a work-from-home option for them. Restaurants in many cities are closing, but in some cases you can still order takeout and freeze. As they say, the freezer is the new pantry. Also, please don’t avoid Asian restaurants.
Support sex workers. Sex work is a profession that’s already criminalized and stigmatized, and sex workers will be hit especially hard by panic over COVID-19 — the most marginalized among them in particular. Consider donating to this relief fund, organized by the Sex Workers Outreach Project, to help keep those impacted by work loss housed and fed. — Callie Beusman, news editor
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