Volunteers are needed for various projects at Dare to Care’s warehouse, including building emergency food boxes for families in need. We have limited volunteer shifts to 10 volunteers at a time and adjusted our usual volunteer model in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. All volunteers must be at least age 14. Click here to sign up.
LPF Events Postponed
The Louisville Pride Foundation and the Kentucky Derby Festival have postponed the “Sunday Funday Derby Drag Show Brunch” scheduled for April 26. We are working to reschedule the event for August or September , but no date has been set yet.
All Louisville Pride programming is suspended, or will be held online only, until further notice.
Committee meetings are being held by teleconference.
At this time, we are moving forward with plans for the Louisville Pride Festival on September 19, but we will monitor the situation as it develops and act on the advice of health authorities.
Free Meals for Seniors
The Metro March for Meals program provides frozen meal packs to Jefferson County residents over 60 who are self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak. Meal packs each contain 5 meals.
Meals may be picked up between 10:00am-12:00pm. There are six locations across the city, with pick up at each once per week.
The eligible senior should be present at time of pick up.
Pick up sites (subject to change- Check for updates or call 502-574-5223)
- Mondays – St. Stephen Church Parking Lot (1019 S. 15th St., 40210)
- Tuesdays – Beechmont Community Center (205 Wellington Ave., 40214)
- Wednesdays – Sun Valley Community Center (6505 Bethany Lane, 40272) and East Government Center (200 Juneau Drive, 40243)
- Thursdays – Slaughter Elementary School (3805 Fern Valley Road, 40219)
- Fridays – Former Old Louisville Kroger Site (924 S. Second St., 40203)
THIS PROGRAM HAS ENDED AS OF APRIL 6
Household assistance through Neighborhood Places
According to Mayor Greg Fischer, households seeking assistance should call their nearest Neighborhood Place location. Those locations are closed to walk-ins but will have drop-boxes available to leave verification documents required for getting assistance.
To be eligible for support, individuals/households must be Jefferson County residents with an income at or below 100 percent of Area Median Income (AMI), which is determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The AMI for the Louisville region is $76,400 for a four-person family (100 percent AMI).
Applicants will be asked to offer proof of identity and supporting documents that demonstrate a loss of earned income due to the COVID-19 pandemic due to medical reasons, business closure, or school closure.
To find a Neighborhood Place in their area, residents may call Metro311 or (502) 574-5000, or visit www.louisvilleky.gov/neighborhoodplace.
One Louisville: COVID-19 Response Fund
Mayor Greg Fischer announced on March 18 that a coalition of government and philanthropy has joined together to create the One Louisville: COVID-19 Response Fund that will rapidly deploy resources to households, businesses, and community-based organizations (nonprofit organizations) working at the front lines of the Louisville-area coronavirus outbreak.
The fund is seeking donors, and is available to help those impacted.
Transgender health and COVID-19
The National Center for Transgender Equality has published information about “What Trans People Need to Know” during the COVID-19 outbreak.
GCN Magazine has guidance on binding during COVID-19. “If you bind and you get symptoms of #COVID19, the safest thing to do is to avoid binding while you have symptoms,” according to Dr Karl Neff, the Clinical Lead of the National Gender Service.
Relief for Restaurant Workers
Local Chef Edward Lee is organizing a relief effort for restaranut workers. Accorsing to the Courier-Journal, The LEE Initiative, in partnership with Maker’s Mark and Lee’s restaurant 610 Magnolia at 610 W. Magnolia Ave., is becoming a relief center for any restaurant worker who has been laid off or had a significant reduction in hours.
Here are some additional national resources that also apply to service employees in Kentucky and Indiana impacted by restaurant closures:
- One Fair Wage has launched an emergency fund to support tipped workers by providing emergency cash to those impacted. The organization hopes to give each worker $213, a nod to the federal minimum wage for tipped workers. Eligible workers are being screened in phone interviews.
- The Restaurant Worker’s Community Foundation has formed a COVID-19 Crisis Relief Fund for restaurant workers, providing funds to organizations doing on-the-ground assistance.
- The USBG National Charity Foundation has launched a Bartender Emergency Assistance Program available to bartenders and spouses and children of bartenders.
- The National Restaurant Association has a coronavirus page on its site that sends people to the Small Business Administration, which is working with state governments to provide low-interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses.
- The Gig Workers Collective has a master list of resources available on its website.
- Apron, Inc. is offering $400 grants to any restaurant workers who are diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Louisville Suspending Evictions
The Courier Journal reports that the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is suspending evictions for the “foreseeable future.”
Kroger Is Hiring
WLKY reports that Kroger is hiring as many as 500 people. Find an opening here
Facilities Management Services
WDRB reports that Facilities Management is hiring for cleaners. People who are interested in employment opportunities should call FMS at 502-479-3286.