WCC WELLNESS
Kindness Edition
Sneak Peek Of WCC Wellness
Kindness Edition

  • Local Businesses Adapting To Help
  • Peace Of Bread Community Kitchen
  • Food Assistance
  • Acts Of Kindness
  • Show Us Your Heart
  • Donate Blood
  • WCC Spreading Joy & Sharing Your Stories!
Local Businesses Adapting To Help
Many local businesses in the Blackstone Valley are adapting their normal work productions to help fight the Coronavirus. These local businesses are producing and manufacturing necessary parts for life-saving ventilators, creating masks, face shields, and cough guards with 3D printers, hand sanitizer and so much more! Here are a few businesses who are making a difference!

  • Blackstone Valley Education Hub
  • Blackstone Valley Tech High School
  • Hueson Wire
  • Nashoba Valley Spirits
  • STAS Picture Hanging Systems
  • Uxbridge High School
Peace Of Bread Community Kitchen
Peace of Bread Community Kitchen is still open!

Peace of Bread Community Kitchen is offering their usual FREE, delicious, hot meals “To Go” instead of the usual sit down dinners they serve. Doors open from 4:30pm-6:00pm on Wednesday evenings. 

The need in our community is greater than ever and at this time Peace of Bread Community Kitchen is giving out grocery store gift cards to those who need extra assistance as well who come on Wednesday evenings.

If you, or someone you know is able to donate a gift card to help support someone in need, please drop them off or mail them in to:

Peace of Bread Community Kitchen 
United Presbyterian Church 
7 Spring Street
Whitinsville, MA. 01588
Food Assistance
Northbridge
Northbridge Public Schools is offering Grab n' Go breakfast and lunch services for their Free and Reduced families, as well as Food Pantry pick-up access. It will be limited to Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00am - 11:00am at the Balmer School as of April 13th and for the remainder of the closure. If you need delivery services, please email  mfaresebrown@nps.org  or  kross@nps.org  or call Central Office at (508) 234-8156, and they will make necessary arrangements for you.

Douglas
Douglas Public School District will begin to provide “grab and go” meals to those students who qualify for free or reduced school meals under federal guidelines. These “grab and go”meals can be picked up at the Elementary School between 10:00am and 12:00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.  If a family is absolutely unable to get transportation to the school, please call the food service office at the Elementary School at 508-476-4200 extension 1115 or 1132 and a member of the food service staff will take your information. The district is working on alternative means of distributing the meals.

Sutton
Food Services at Sutton Public Schools is providing all students with grab and go breakfasts and lunches Monday through Friday during the closure. The district continues to reach out to families through email and texts with details, including pickup dates and times, as well as how to request delivery. If you have questions regarding orders, please contact Samantha D’Angelo, Food Service Director at (508) 581-1600, x4329 or dangelos@suttonschools.net .  
To maximize social distancing, it is asked that you back your car up to the loading dock located around the back of the high school and a staff member will place the meals in the trunk of your car.

Uxbridge
Uxbridge Public Schools are pleased to offer free student meals starting April 13th. They are distributing free meals for all Uxbridge students and children under 21 during this school closure. Curbside distribution will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:00am-1:00pm at the Taft Learning Center.

Northbridge Association Of Churches Food Pantry
The Northbridge Association Of Churches Food Pantry is open! Weekly hours are Tuesday, 10:00am-12:00pm and Thursday, 1:00pm-3:00pm.
Must be a Northbridge resident with proof of residency (license, utility bill, or other documentation). To ensure the safety of you and volunteers it will be curbside pickup only. Distribution is based on household size. Located at the Northbridge Senior Center, Lower Level, Back Door, 20 Highland St. Whitinsville, MA.
Acts Of Kindness
It is no surprise that we are living through difficult and trying times. Acts of kindness, whether big or small, can have a profound impact on someone especially at this time. Whether it is thanking our healthcare workers, or those on the frontline, purchasing groceries for a family member or neighbor who cannot leave their house, or simply sending a positive message out on social media to friends and family, you will make a difference in someone's life by doing so!

As an example, someone from the WCC Staff received groceries on their front lawn from a friend who learned of their current financial situation and wanted to help.

Below are some fabulous ideas of how you can show acts of kindness.


For All
  • Send a picture of your pet or cute animal to family members and friends
  • Call family members, friends and neighbors who are in isolation
  • Send a motivational text message to family members and friends
  • Watch a video together with your friends, social distancing style, by using Skype, or a video call
  • Offer to get groceries or run errands for family members and neighbors who may not be able to leave their houses
  • Support health care workers and those on the front line by sending them positive messages of gratitude on social media using the hashtag and #HeartBlackstoneValley and #SupportHealthcareHeroes
  • Stay home, unless to leave for groceries and essentials


For Kids
  • Do household chores without being asked (dishes, pick up toys, clean your room)
  • Paint rocks with positive messages and leave them on trails and walkways for everyone to enjoy
  • Participate in the "Teddy Bear Hunt"
  • Participate in the "Happy Heart Hunt"
  • Create a positive message on your window or door for everyone to enjoy
  • Chalk your walk - creates a beautiful and positive message

For more information or to create some of these ideas with your family, please click the buttons below.
Show Us Your Heart
Let's show our love and appreciation for the essential workers of the Blackstone Valley by simply placing a heart in your window or door. Essential workers will see these hearts on their way to and from work and it will be an uplifting reminder of how they are making a difference and we fully support them along the way!

Participate in creating a heart with your family, and post a picture of it on social media using the hashtag #HeartBlackstoneValley .

We are all in this together, we are one community united.
Donate Blood
Blood is a critical component of emergency preparedness because blood is perishable, and the supply must be constantly replenished. The blood that’s on the shelf today is the blood needed to help women and newborns during complications with childbirth; people battling cancer or undergoing chemotherapy; people who have suffered trauma or severe burns; people with heart and kidney disease and blood disorders like sickle cell anemia; and individuals who need surgery and organ transplants. However, there is an urgent need now, more than ever, for blood and platelet donors for emergency preparedness for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

With a simple blood donation, from those who are healthy, we have the ability to help save the life of someone who could be a coworker, loved one or neighbor.

The Rhode Island Blood Center, and The American Red Cross are working very hard to ensure your safety while giving blood, please donate today!
WCC Spreading Joy & Sharing Your Stories!
On Saturday, April 11th the WCC teamed up with the Easter Bunny to help spread joy to the community by driving around and saying hello to all the kids!

Have you done an act of kindness, or been on the receiving end of something good transpiring during COVID-19? WCC invites you to share your inspirational stories on our Facebook page or tag us and we'll share it!
Whitin Community Center
60 Main St. Whitinsville, MA 01588
508.234.8184 | www.WhitinCommunityCenter.com