October COVID-19 Updates
October 2020
Food Pantry
Each week 85 bags of groceries, sandwiches and $10 gift cards, or $20 gift cards were given to adults each representing a household. On October 17, 85 bagged sandwiches were provided by the staff of Williamsburg Regional Hospital in lieu of a birthday present for the CEO. Also, Catholic Charities personnel distributed 70 $50 gift cards for either Walmart or Food Lion. On October 27, Subway sandwiches and a bag of COVID/Flu supplies were distributed.
A $5,000 check was received from Duke Energy for food.
Learning Center
On Wednesday, October 28, a Halloween event was held for the children. Activities were set up in five stations for semi prepared art projects of spiders, puppets and puzzles. Once children and their parent/guardian passed the temperature check, they received a pumpkin hat and bag to carry the goodies they received at each station. Upon completing the activities, the children went to the Art Room where they “won”, by spinning a wheel, their choice of cupcakes, cookies or donuts, and received a bag of snacks, a book and a pumpkin.
Clothing Closet
Each week, a different clothing or linen closet item was featured for sale in the dining room at the Felician Center. The temperatures of the shoppers were checked and gloves distributed by a student and faculty member of Francis Marion University’s Nursing Department. The number of shoppers in the dining area were monitored as a COVID precaution. On October 9, a representative from Careteam in Conway, SC provided HIV testing in the kitchen to allow for social distancing and privacy.
