BEDS September 2020 eNewsletter

Our emergency response to COVID-19 is entering a new phase, as the state gradually opens. From mid-March through the end of July, BEDS delivered 12,506 nights of emergency shelter to 234 clients and provided 37,518 meals. BEDS successfully prevented any COVID-19 infections among congregate shelter guests and BEDS staff by strictly adhering to CDC guidelines.

Congregate shelter will return in October. Until then, BEDS Plus Care will place newly homeless individuals and families in motel rooms on a case-by-case basis until they can be tested for COVID-19 infection and assessed for program services. To sign up to prepare and deliver meals, contact Sue Dever at dever@beds-plus.org. Check out our Amazon Wish list for shelf stable meals for clients.

Help feed our clients while supporting local businesses

During the month of September, participants can help feed the homeless and food insecure while supporting a local business through the Match a Meal program. American Family Insurance - Phillip Wagler Agency will match each $2 or more donation added to your receipt at Palmer Place. The downtown La Grange restaurant has been a wonderful partner and donor, providing regular meals for our clients since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here: https://beds-plus.org/events/match-a-meal/

La Grange restaurant Kama Bistro is offering customers the chance to donate toward meals for BEDS clients when they order. Use coupon code "KamaCaresBP" when placing your order online at www.kamabistro.com and 20% of the pretax total will go toward meals the restaurant provides for BEDS Plus! Simply click "order online" and apply the coupon code at checkout. The coupon code is good through Dec. 31 and applicable to online orders only.

Buzz for BEDS!

Buzz for BEDS on Sept. 19. Help support Assisting the Homeless and its virtual event, which will benefit BEDS Plus and our long-time partner Pillars Community Nurse.

Click here to find out more.

How You Can Help

As COVID-19 continues to affect those who are poor and homeless, we continue to rely on generous donations of food, meals, shelter supplies and home goods.

If you would like to help, consider joining our Meal Train program. Our Meal Train program helps to provide 900 individual meals each week to at risk clients who are housed in motels and more than 100 families and individuals who are housed but food insecure. Volunteers are crucial to the success of our Meal Train program, providing shelf stable and other meals. Find out more about the program and sign up to participate here: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/rwww62

Volunteers also are needed to donate goods to our BEDS, Bath & Plus and Back-to-School/Remote Learning programs. Individuals, families and neighbors, school, church, and community groups can collect the items our clients need most. BEDS provides a downloadable flyer for each of the drives below that can be personalized for your group. Find out more about these opportunities by clicking the links below.

For more information, please contact volunteer@beds-plus.org.

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