COVID Resources
Thanks to the Redmond Chamber of Commerce for compiling these Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources.
Community Resources
Donate: Donation of time, donate to non-profits who are struggling since their annual fundraiser has been cancelled. Consider donating food to your neighbors with large families.
Shop Small, Shop Local: ShopRedmondOregon.com
Reach out: Call your family, call your neighbors, call your friends and be a calm, friendly voice during this rough time.
Be Kind: Surprise someone with a bag of groceries on their porch. Pay for the car behind you’s coffee. Clear your neighbors sidewalk. Order someone flowers. Little actions make big impacts.
Share Resources: Get an extra bag of groceries for your at-risk friend or family member. Spread current, reliable news from trusted news sources like:
Deschutes County Health https://www.deschutes.org/health/page/covid-19-novel-coronavirus
Oregon Health Authority: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/pages/index.aspx
Center for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html
Share positive, uplifting messages to your friends on social media, go live with encouraging words, be a light to others during the dark times.
Personal Resources
Social Distancing: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/smarter-living/coronavirus-social-distancing.html
Practice proper hand-washing techniques: https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/index.html
Eat fresh vitamin C sources like oranges to boost your immune system, drink lots of water
Keep it clean: routinely wipe down surfaces. You can make a bleach solution by pouring one gallon of water into container and slowly mix in 1/3 cup bleach.
Stay upbeat: Use this time to stay positive, if you find yourself scrolling social media too long, sit on your back porch and take a deep breath until you get some headspace again. Know that we are all in this together and you are not alone. Play puzzles, read your favorite book, journal, watch your favorite comedy, try a new hobby you ‘haven’t had time to do,’ start coloring printable pages are online everywhere, workout, take an online class, take a remote yoga class, and think outside the box to keep entertained.
Work from home if possible: Limiting your interactions with others can help this from spreading to other people.
Take time to care for yourself, it’s okay to not be okay. Call your family, call your friends, call a helpline if you need to talk.
Isolation leaving you feeling overwhelmed, high anxiety, depressive, or suicidal? Reach out! National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255
Small Business Resources
Small Business Association Guidance: https://www.sba.gov/page/guidance-businesses-employers-plan-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
Travel Oregon COVID toolkit: https://industry.traveloregon.com/opportunities/marketing-co-ops-toolkits/toolkits/covid-19-toolkit/
Disaster Loans from the SBA: The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering designated states and territories low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses SBA.gov/disaster or for additional information, please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center. Call 1-800-659-2955 (TTY: 1-800-877-8339) or e-mail disastercustomerservice@sba.gov
Some Ideas:
• Encourage buying gift certificates at local restaurants to be used later in the year
• Connect to food delivery services or more take-out options: DoorDash
• Are you a Yoga studio? Think about doing videoconference sessions
• Are you a retail business? Now is the time to create a website and/or enhance the online shopping experience.
• Pump up your social media presence, more people will be using social media with the quarantine
• Offer FaceTime, Skype, or chat services, to sell virtually face-to-face meetings, providing the same customer service customers get inside your store.
• Publish your commitment to public health, outlining what actions you are taking to offer a clean facility and healthy staff
• Keep customers updated on new experiences or products you'll offer when things subside
• Are you a coffee shop? Think about setting up a customer membership for "subscribe & save" delivery/pick-up of beans or coffee.
• Are you a grocery store? Think about offering online grocery lists and shop for your customers to pick-up products or deliver them
• Promote the value and reliability of locally sourced and local supply chains
• Think about staying in touch with customers by livestreaming.
• Look into business interruption insurance: sba.gov/disaster
• Are you a local physician or veterinarian office? Consider offering telemedicine services to your clients.
• Are you a Central Oregon brewery? Consider offering trivia nights by livestreaming and using an app that polls people's responses, encourage customers to drink your brew while participating or getting extra points for posting a picture with your beer at home.
Employee Resources
Here's a helpful link to unemployment claims related questions for anyone affected by closure or not being able to work due to COVID-19:
https://www.oregon.gov/employ/Pages/COVID-19.aspx
And here's the link to actually file a claim:
https://secure.emp.state.or.us/ocs4/index.cfm?u=F20200316A063903B14661394.971&lang=E
Utility Bill Help:
Pacific Power: https://www.pacificpower.net/about/newsroom/service-safety-covid-19.html
Yellow Knife Wireless Internet: As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to develop, here at Yellowknife we’re taking every possible preparation to maintain the effectiveness and control of our network. It is our intention to continue providing you with the best service and peace of mind during this uncertain time. In the event of a mandatory office shut down, we have arranged for our employees to work remotely and continue supporting our network and you, our customers, with the high-quality service on which you rely. Furthermore, we will be adding 200GB to each plan for the month of March. This is to ease the strain that the school closures have put on Central Oregon families. As always, we will have after-hours outage reporting and staff available via phone during regular hours. Feel free to send in payments or pay online to forgo trips into town. We appreciate our customers and will do what we can to get through this.
In need of propane? Bend Propane offers residential cylinder exchanges so that you do not need to leave your home in order to have your tanks filed. If you know someone who is out of gas or needing a fill have them call 541-706-1428
Those with children at home:
Fromabcstoacts.com : Resource for free educational classes for kids.
Pandemic Group in Bend on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/-PandemicPartnersBend/
The Doughnut: Doughnut and milk https://www.thedoughnutoregon.com
Redmond Early Learning Center: VIA Facebook they offer activities and resources for food & entertainment. https://www.facebook.com/redmondELC/
Scholastic classes: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Redmond School District Food program: Redmond School District’s Nutrition Services Team working hard to feed kids during our statewide COVID-19 closure! Drive up and pickup a prepackaged breakfast and lunch this week from 9:00 -10:30 am, M-F! @ Redmond High School
Ways to keep kids minds sharp
Ways to show kids how to wash hands and importance of washing hands: https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/wash-hands.html?ref=search & Teacher uses creativity and pepper to explain the importance of washing hands properly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvG6uBq-dV0
Ways to help kids be factual about the virus not fearful : https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/coronavirus-how-talk-child.html
Follow Vern Patrick Elementary Schools Principle @principalhesse on Instagram where she will read books and promotes virtual spirit week
Those with loved ones who have compromised immune system
Keep Calm: Stress and anxiety have been proven to weaken immune systems, so help them by keeping calm.
Help out: Think ahead by getting them medications, kitty litter, anything your loved one may need in the next few weeks.
Facetime, Phone Call, Email: FaceTime them! This means the world to someone who is feeling isolated, put a smile on their face.