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Volume V111, No. 6

OTHER DISTRICT DOINGS

KINDNESS MATTERS HEALTH EDUCATORS
AT HOME AND ABROAD PREPARE FOR HEALTH
EMERGENCIES.
(Queens Community Lions Club)

Caring for loved ones at home or checking on them from
out of town during the pandemic has been a challenge.
When news that last month’s heavier Managing medications and medical devices added to the
than normal rainy season had caused difficulty, especially where social distancing was highly
widespread flooding and washed recommended and a Health Care Plan did not exist.
away homes, roads and farmland of
more than 7,000 people in the small The Brooklyn Health Educators Lions Club was happy
South American country of Guyana, to welcome Lion Toluwalope Ayorinde, Pharmacist,
Queens Community Lions Club educator and manager of Chemplus Pharmacy Corp in
mounted an emergency relief cam- Brooklyn. This is a small but professionally run busi-
paign. (see photos) ness which offers personalized health care services, free
prescription delivery and education to community mem-
The floods threaten to exacerbate the bers, concerning preparedness for health emergencies.
spread of COVID-19 because resi-
dents are displaced and crowded into Lion Toluwalope can be reached at 718-935-1033, Fax
make-shift shelters with little or no 718-935-1113 at 1336 Utica Ave, Brooklyn 11203
access to health care, food or clean
water. The club assembled 1,000
face shields, face masks, adult
diapers and a quantity of hand Prepared by,
sanitizers to be distributed to the Lion Donna Budhai
victims, frontline workers, and
medical personnel.

Special acknowledgment to our ‘on
the ground’ liaison, Mr. Victor Singh
who will be coordinating the clea-
rance at customs and distribution to
the relevant personnel at the CDC in
Guyana.

Kudos to all the Lions who assisted
with this program! Great job Lions.

Reported by,
Lion Indarjeet Paul,
President

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