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April 18, 2020

“To the world you may be one person, But to one person you may be the WORLD”

Dr. Suess       

This week I have seen profound strength in you all. You have taken on all the challenges that have been placed in front of you and accomplished a safe, fun, and warmhearted environment for all..

 

Your strength was visible through:

 

  • your extraordinary dedication to our mission 

  • your out of box thinking, by developing a hand made face shield (in the absence of PPEs) along with a second mask for all staff (the goal of 5 is just around the corner)

  • creating virtual meetings with the goal of reaching out to families and guardians

  • setting up facetime with loved ones during the difficult time of the visitation order

  • the unwavering security at 900 Asylum

  • the compassionate nursing care

  • Creating T-shirts for our virtual walk

  • Continuing our planting efforts (we will have an abundance of vegetables and herbs this fall, we might have to think about some cooking classes)

  • the generosity of gifts

  • the support from our Board of Directors, their expertise has been valuable

  • Lets not forget, Chompers and his BFF Ann’s appearance when we all needed a moment of joy

  • And the Senior Team Appreciation Parade was the best day yet!

 

With all that we have accomplished this week, the navigation through the trying times were “effortless”, a strange word to use during this time but it is true;

 

  • Helping families cope with loss of loved ones

  • Reaching out to our Participants, families and guardians

  • Keeping Residents engaged, happy and healthy

  • Supporting one another

  • Your dedication in a home that has 3 Residents that tested positive for COVID-19

  • Keeping our Residents with medical concerns not related to COVID-19 safe and healthy

  • Working at a job site to make sure it will be there for our participants

  • Asking what is needed and making it happen that is Harc‘s Management team

 

I could not be prouder:

 

To everyone at Harc “Thank you” all for making this week OUTSTANDING!!!

 

As a reminder, the following supports are available for you:

Voicemail box for questions: (860) 218-6044

Email address for questions: pandemicquestions@harc-ct.org

To hear announcements from Harc: (860) 218-6033

 

In the meantime, we will all continue to follow guidelines and regulations set forth by the Governor, Department of Developmental Services, Office of Early Childhood and other authorities.  We will continue to advocate for additional resources to see us through.

 

Looking for ways to help?  We are looking for people to sew masks, donate supplies on Amazon Wishlist, or share activity ideas.  Please feel free to contact us if you can help.

 

We are in this together,

Annette