Folks,
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, we are not able to hold our monthly meeting in May.
We do want to see you! And we want to give everyone a chance to socialize virtually. To do this, we will host a virtual “social hour” on Zoom:
Wednesday. May 6th
7:00pm – 8:00pm
To register, please fill out this form. We will email you the log-in information the day before the event. https://forms.gle/XtUY7RqQb7EEgeqU8
Meanwhile, we want to encourage people to contact the best available resources for help during this unprecedented time. Here is who we recommend:
- Emergencies: Call 911.
- Medical concerns: Call your doctors for guidance instead of walking into a health clinic.
- City detailed information: www.boston.gov. The banner at the top of the home page links to many resources.
- City of Boston Twitter accounts: City of Boston City of Boston Emergency Management
- City of Boston information via a daily text message to your phone: text BOSCOVID to 99411. This text service is also available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, French, Cabo Verdean Creole, and Portuguese. Text BOSEspanol for Spanish. Text BOSKreyol for Haitian Kreyol. Text BOSFrancais for French. Text BOSKriolu for Cabo Verdean Creole. Text BOSPortugues for Portuguese. Updates in 10 total languages can additionally be accessed through boston.gov/coronavirus#multilingual-help. Each language has its own page and hosts multilingual print materials distributed citywide.
- City of Boston requests for service or appointments, Call 311, (please don’t walk into city hall without a scheduled appointment)
- State detailed information: www.mass.gov
- State Twitter: @COVID19MA
- Lina Tramelli, the East Boston Mayor’s Liason publishes an email newsletter for East Boston with up to date information on COVID-19 and other issues that impact East Boston. Follow this link to subscribe: https://www.boston.gov/neighborhood/east-boston
- There are several groups of local residents offering to pick up groceries and assist local residents. These can be found on Slack and Facebook.
- If you are in need of emergency resources, please go to www.boston.com/culture/local-news/2020/03/17/how-to-find-help-access-resources-impacted-by-coronavirus
- Boston.com is maintaining the most complete list of emergency resources for families and individuals in need.
Thank you for making this a great neighborhood. Stay safe. We will get through this together.
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