Locals leave kind messages at hospitals
BY ROSE ADAMS
A group of Brooklynites left kind
messages outside Maimonides Medical
Center in Borough Park the week of
March 23, thanking the hospital staff
for their work during the coronavirus
pandemic.
“Thank you for showing up,” read
one of the chalk messages, accompanied
with a heart.
Hospital employees arrived for work
on March 26 to discover the grateful
messages, which were written in chalk
along the pavement outside the hospital’s
entrance on 10th Avenue near 48th
Street, according to a spokeswoman.
Inspired by the act of kindness,
staffers from the pediatrics unit went
Employees at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn found kind messages outside their hospital, inspiring employees to write kind words of their own. Lorraine Carita
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down the block to the hospital’s emergency
room, and wrote uplifting messages
outside that read, “We’re all in
this together,” “You are brave, you are
strong,” and “Maimo strong.”
Workers at Maimonides also took
the time to thank each other for their
hard work and boost their spirits during
the pandemic — which has pushed
the limits of local hospitals and threatened
the lives of its workers.
“I would like to thank all of you
from the bottom of my heart for all you
have done and continue to do for the
patients in the hospital,” said Libby,
an employee who didn’t give her last
name. “I consider each and every one
of you a hero.”
Making Sense of the Census
This Census Day,
Let’s Mobilize
New York City
By Julie Menin, Director of NYC Census
2020.
Don’t be fooled — April 1st may have
a reputation for pranks, but it’s also one
of the most important dates for the 2020
Census. Why? Because April 1st is Census
Day.C
ontrary to popular belief, Census
Day is not the final day (or the only day)
that you can respond to the census. If you
haven’t filled it out yet, don’t worry, you
still have time (although there’s no time
like the present).
So what is Census Day? It actually
serves a practical purpose. To make sure
all our census data has a standard reference
point, everyone is asked to fill out the
census with information that reflects their
households at the same moment, April 1st.
This is why we can say the census is like a
snapshot of our communities.
But this Census Day, we’re also taking
time to recognize the importance of
the census. In these difficult times, many
of us are looking for ways that we can help
support our communities, and filling out
the census is one of the most vital ways to
help shape our future for the better. Now
more than ever, as we face the COVID-19
pandemic, we need a complete count so our
communities can get the funding we need
for hospitals & healthcare, as well as the
data we need to respond to emergencies.
And since we can do the census online, by
phone, or by mail, we can get counted while
practicing social distancing.
Join us and spread the word. New Yorkers
will be posting the Census Day challenge
online — and we need you involved.
It’s as easy as sharing your census story or
a picture on social media and tagging three
friends, challenging them to complete the
2020 Census and pass the challenge along
to another three people. (Visit nyc.gov/census
to learn more and follow the conversation
via the hashtag #GetcountedNYC). So
if you’ve been putting off any texts or meaning
to check in with anyone, let Census Day
be your push to reach out. Your community
will thank you for it.
So get counted, challenge your friends,
and let’s make it count.
“Making Sense of the Census” is a
weekly column from Julie Menin, Director
of NYC Census 2020. Every week we
will be publishing pieces from Julie and
guest authors laying out the facts and
answering tough questions about this
year’s census. Fill out the census now at
my2020census.gov.
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