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Collected Item: “Jewish Melbourne: Stand Up Covid buddy program”

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Jewish Melbourne: Stand Up Covid buddy program

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

facebook post

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

"In March, Stand Up founded the Jewish response | Coronavirus (VIC) group, a place to connect people who needed help because of COVID-19 to those who could offer it. After just a few days, hundreds of incredible volunteers sprung into action, helping coordinate food deliveries, delivering care packages, assisting other charities and so much more.
One highlight was the creation of an informal 'buddy' system, pairing up people who were feeling isolated because of COVID-19 with volunteers who they could just have a chat and shoot the breeze with."
This facebook post provides feedback from the program from people who participated in it.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#community, #connection, #buddies, #helping

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.facebook.com/standupbetterworldoz/posts/3553915107957330

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Stand Up

Give this story a date.

2020-06-17
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