Dear RotariansWe have received numerous requests from Clubs and Rotarians in our District who want to help in their communities during this virus crisis time. To help answer these requests District 6920 is partnering with IVolunteer International and Shopping Angles to help meet the needs of shut-in senior citizens during the Corona Virus/COVID 19 crisis. This is an opportunity for Rotary Clubs and individual Rotarians to have a positive, meaningful impact on the lives of the home-bound seniors.
IVolunteer International is a 501(c)(3) organization started by former GRSP Student Nipuna Ambanpola to use technology and help charities who need volunteers who want to donate their time and talents.Shopping Angels was recently started by a group of college students in Nevada to help home-bound senior citizens connect with volunteers who will deliver groceries to them. Their movement has been featured on CNN, FoxNews, Insider, Today, and two weeks ago, got a “thank-you” from POTUS on live television. But their method of “matching” was done manually, so they were struggling to handle the traffic and increased need. IVolunteer has partnered with Shopping Angels to bring this opportunity to Georgia and is using the IVolunteer technology to match seniors to volunteers in their communities.This is a great opportunity for Clubs and Rotarians to volunteer and to support the Shopping Angels work. It is also a great opportunity to let our communities know what Rotarians are doing during this crisis (as Marjorie says “It is a press release!”)
To learn more please visit the IVolunteer Press Release https://www.ivint.org/press/
ivolunteer-international- partners-with-shopping-angels- to-provide-free-grocery- delivery-service-to-high-risk- people-in-georgia-during- coronavirus/ To get involved please visit https://shoppingangels.ivint.
org/. Best Rotary Regards,
DG Mike MuldowneyDGE Steve BarnesDGN Andy LohnDGND Ed Presnell