In times of suffering, as we’ve seen with this current coronavirus pandemic, if you have resources, it’s natural to want to give back. While you don’t need to feel bad about being better off than those without jobs, you can certainly channel your energies into doing good. To discover how you can help people during a pandemic, read our brief guide.
Use Your Work for Good
First, if you do have a job, find ways to use your work or skills to prop up people who could benefit from your abilities and influence. If you run a small business, for example, there are copious ways you can give back to your community, especially if your business provides a coveted product or service.
Otherwise, offer your specific skillset to struggling companies. So many businesses let go of marketing and design staff as their income shifted and their future became uncertain. If you can help keep them afloat, by all means, offer your services. You may help several people keep their jobs in the process.
Finally, if you have some sway in a larger business or corporation, suggest putting on fundraisers for hard-hit communities. If you can initiate a wide-reaching donation match program, your company can help hundreds of people obtain food and medical care, depending of course on where you donate.
Check on Isolated People
On a more personal level, you can help people during the pandemic by simply checking in on people who may be lonely as they keep physical distance from others. Whether you do so through a video call or distanced meet-up outside, face time with a loved one is a boon to anyone’s mental state right now. This is especially true for those living alone who may go days without talking to someone.
Give Blood, Especially If You Had COVID-19
If you suffered through a bout of COVID-19 and recovered, think long and hard about giving blood. You likely carry much-needed antibodies you acquired as the virus was in your system. These antibodies increase health outcomes for people actively fighting the virus now. And that doesn’t even account for the ever-present demand for donated blood, even if you haven’t had the virus.
