Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Finding ways to help”.
Andrew TURCO, Right now, it’s very strange.. It’S very surreal., There’s really no one here. Kind of the energy that you feel when you walk around this campus is kind of on pause, right now.. You know. I’Ve always felt like one of the best ways to feel normal when things are chaotic, it is find a way to help.. Mit has flood drives, I believe every 56 days.
And they were all canceled because of COVID-19.. So within the police department, I’m spearheading a blood drive that is police and first responder only. And that’s going to take place on June 19..
There’Ll be no walk. Ins. Everybody will have to schedule in advance.. The Red Cross has come up with ways to make sure social distancing takes place, that people are wearing masks..
You know they take people’s temperature as they’re coming in.. They still do the full questionnaire and everything they used to do., But there’s definitely they made sure. There’S a safe distance in between each person.
That’S donating., INTERVIEWER, That’s great., And what else are you doing to keep yourself feeling connected with family and friends and the greater community ANDREW TURCO To stay connected and find ways to help outside the department? In my personal life, I came up with this series of events with a friend of mine from college.. It’S called Inside Voices. And it’s stories and drinks for adults..
We have a number of storytellers.. We have some chefs do cooking demonstrations.. We have a bartender, do a drink, demonstration. And then there’s live music. And the other side of it is that we raise money for local charities.. The whole idea is that it lets people just kind of get away..
You know, even though people can’t really go out. They can’t go to restaurants, they can for two hours every three weeks. They can kind of focus on something that is not this place, that we are right. Now.
INTERVIEWER, I got you just as you took a mouthful of coffee .