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MAY 13, 2020
H 26, 2020
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Food distribution event set for military, vets
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Event at Grossmont College
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A free drive-thru food and diaper distribution for any active duty military, veterans, Guard and reservists will be held noon Saturday, May 16, in parking lot
5B at Grossmont College.
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The distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis and military or veteran IDs are required. The event is hosted by Grossmont College in partnership with Courage to Call, Feeding San Diego, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Support the Enlisted Project (STEP).
GCCCD staff who would like to volunteer for the event should email their names and departments to Katherine Veizaga, VRC program specialist, at
Katherine.veizaga@gcccd.edu. Volunteers are welcome from 8 a.m. until all items have been distributed.
Those wishing to donate can make financial or in-kind donations at
www.courage2call.org or contact Courage to Call community liaison Jennifer Santis at (858) 636-3608 or
jsantis@mhsinc.org. No in-kind donations can be accepted on the day of the event.
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Testing site closing Saturday
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S
aturday is the last day of COVID-19 testing at Grossmont College, which has served as one of several state and county testing sites since May 5.
As of Monday, San Diego County has tested 84,556 for COVID-19, with 2,440 receiving a test on May 11 alone. Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County’s public health officer, announced that 5,161 people have tested positive countywide.
The testing will be conducted in Griffin Gate through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Appointments can be made online at
https://lhi.care/covidtesting
or by calling 211.
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CAPS: Last to leave, first to serve
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CAPS helped with the setup accommodating visitors to Grossmont College, a state-sponsored COVID-19 testing site.
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W
hile the rest of us have been working from the safe confines of home, the Campus and Parking Services employees have remained at the colleges, the lone civilian sentries helping to keep the campuses secure.
From monitoring Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges to preventing unauthorized access to the closed campuses, along with helping with the initial distribution of laptop computers, CAPS staff have shown they do much more than their most visible duty of writing parking tickets.
“Campus and Parking Services employees are here for every closure,
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CAPS staff has been busy in recent weeks since the state-ordered shutdown, engaged in duties like rattlesnake removals, door handle sanitation, and helping construction crews with campus access and other services.
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whether it be holidays, winter break, 4/10 summer schedule, weekends,
campus or countywide power outages, and now COVID-19, so it’s not uncommon for us to be the sole presence on campus,” said CAPS director Nicole Conklin.
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My Home Office: Pat Murray
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Today's home office:
Pat Murray, Grossmont College Senior Health Science Technician
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Describe your home office:
My home office is actually a home office I share with my husband. There are times when both of us are having conversations at the same time that one of us would need to retreat to the backyard. I pulled a Wifi antenna
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out there on a long ethernet cable because there otherwise would not be enough signal for using Zoom!
2. What is a typical day for you working from home? I enjoy sleeping in during the time normally spent commuting. I’m able to start my workday the time as usual. With both of us home, it means more dishes, trash, clothes and it makes doing domestic chores a bigger job. I’ve found myself in the kitchen making a meal and listening to a Zoom discussion.
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I’ve also been making face masks for family and friends. I started making them as soon as the ‘‘shelter in place’’ order came down and my husband was my first customer.
3. What tip would you pass on to other GCCCD employees? Getting dressed and establishing a routine is a big factor in productivity. I’ve tried multi-tasking during Zoom meetings—it doesn’t work. Give all of yourself to the meeting, have a piece of paper to take notes. I find that if I try to do other things (scanning, cooking, reading) that I miss 70 % of the meeting. So, acknowledge the importance of your presence. And it’s OK not to feel normal. Keep the faith that everyone is doing their best!
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The goal of the Remote Report is to inform and inspire employees and help all of us feel connected even though we're working at home.
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