Helping Hands across the Bluegrass
Kentucky Living
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min read
- News
Kentuckians help each other in times of crisis
Nicole Cress packs lunch bags for Grow Appalachia to ensure kids in Berea and Madison County have food to eat. Photo: Crystal Wylie
Darla Colegrove and Jennifer Leistritz load bagged lunches at Berea College. Photo: Crystal Wylie
Ashland and Somerset community and technical colleges are donating much-needed supplies made in 3D printing labs. (Ashland’s Tyler Stevens, left, and Chris Boggs.) Photo: ACTC
University of Kentucky HealthCare employees began testing frontline health care workers at the COVID-19 testing site at UK HealthCare Turfland. Photo: Jeremy Blackburn
East Kentucky Power Cooperative lights up green to show compassion for those who’ve passed away from COVID-19. Photo: Brandon Whisman
Kathy Stiles put this bear in her window for children to see. It’s a special bear made from a Nolin RECC shirt worn by her late father, Bob Stiles. Photo: Kathy Stiles
Terri Potts at Mercer County Schools washes apples distributed as part of 6,135 meals during one week in March. Photo: April Ellis/Harrodsburg Herald
Kinley, daughter of Ashley Bartram, Owen Electric operations clerk, helped sew masks with lessons from her Mamaw Rena Kendall. Photo: Ashley Bartram
Families hunting bears, which started popping up during the age of COVID-19, will find Charlie the sloth at Fleming-Mason Energy. Photo: Lori Ulrich
Wilderness Trail Distillery is using ethanol alcohol to produce hand sanitizer for Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and emergency service personnel. Photo: Wilderness Trail Distillery
South Kentucky RECC’s Whitney Hunter created a sign using Solo cups at the Russell County office as a sign of support to members and employees. Photo: David Withers
West Kentucky RECC employee Erin Elliott reads her favorite books for schoolchildren in Mayfield. Photo: Georgian Lookofsky
West Kentucky RECC employee Brooke Smith also for reading children. Recordings are given to Mayfield Elementary School to be shared with teachers for nontraditional instruction lessons. Photo: Georgann Lookofsky
Matt Harper and Matt South of the Metcalfe County Road Department load meals for students at Metcalfe County Schools. Photo: Torrie Osbon
Metcalfe County bus drivers deliver donated meals to the local nursing home, Metcalfe Health Care Center. Photo: Torrie Osbon
All across the commonwealth, Kentuckians are rallying to help each other as everyone copes with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kentucky Living salutes these efforts and encourages you to share your photos and stories with us on Facebook @KentuckyLivingMagazine or Instagram @KentuckyLivingMag.
