As coronavirus disrupts everyday life across America, the Forward is sharing stories of “everyday heroes.” From doctors and nurses on the frontline to students braving grocery stores and organizing childcare, they’re doing extraordinary things during this extraordinary time. Do you…
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Life Everyday Heroes: She’s bringing cookies where they’re needed most.
The Forward asked readers to tell us about the “everyday heroes” in their lives, people extraordinary things in this extraordinary time. If you know someone acting heroically right now, let us know — we’ll be adding to the collection in the coming days. Name: Robyn Frank, owner of Thumbs Cookies What she’s doing: In March,…
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Life Everyday Heroes: She takes song requests — from the back of the ambulance
The Forward asked readers to tell us about the “everyday heroes” in their lives, people extraordinary things in this extraordinary time. If you know someone acting heroically right now, let us know — we’ll be adding to the collection in the coming days. Name: Goldy Landau What she’s doing: In late March, Goldy Landau drove…
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Life Everyday heroes: three doctors on the front lines of coronavirus
Isolating from family in a chilly trailer. Risking infection to treat incarcerated people. Leaving no stone unturned in the desperate search for personal protective gear. When the Forward asked readers to share stories of people doing extraordinary things in this extraordinary time, those are just some of the stories we heard. Below are three profiles…
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Life There are heroes all around us — meet three of them
We see them on social media and in family group chats. We hear about them when we call our friends or talk with a neighbor across the street. They’re churning out homemade masks on their sewing machines or babysitting the children of emergency responders. They’re delivering groceries to neighbors or risking infection to keep soup…
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Life Do you know someone acting heroically during this pandemic? Tell us their story.
Health-care workers risking infection every day. Volunteers supporting organizations that care for the most vulnerable. Clergy getting creative about how to counsel the grieving, the ill, the lonely. That neighbor who is organizing virtual playdates for the whole block, picking up extra ingredients at the store, or otherwise making this crisis a little more livable….
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