Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Lake Spivey/Clayton County are reacting to the Corona virus not only in the usual way of practicing social distancing, limiting travel only to what is essential, and conducting meetings via Zoom, etc. but also by implementing a major new service project. This project is based on the immediate and profound need for critical supplies such as sanitizer, gloves, and masks as stated by many organizations that are battling the pandemic.

Fellow Rotarian Lata Chinnan and her husband Manjeet provided the catalyst for the new project by offering to match up to $10,000 in donations designated for the purchase of critical supplies to be given to organizations battling the pandemic. The response has been immediate, on-going, and gratifying. Instead of waiting to collect an arbitrary target amount before obtaining and distributing critical supplies, Rotarians and friends have begun to locate sources for the supplies, to obtain them, and to distribute them even as funds are being donated and matched. Note in the accompanying photo, a nurse at the Jonesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has come to a door to receive a delivery of gloves and masks. Several other organizations also have received deliveries of critical supplies. These deliveries will continue until the fund has been exhausted and as long as the Club has the ability to locate the supplies.