News From the Town: Police Chief Clark Pennington popped onto social media yesterday to briefly explain what might happen to those who do not follow the Stay at Home Order.
News From the County: With the newly enacted Stay at Home Order, some County residents may need the information in their first language. Mecklenburg County has provided the order summary (available here) in Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Telugu, and Vietnamese. You can also find a longer FAQ in English and in Spanish there as well.
Have questions? Call Mecklenburg County's COVID19 helpline at 704-353-1926. Looking for county COVID19 updates? Visit mecknc.gov/covid-19. For text updates from the state, text COVIDNC to 898211.
One Good Thing: It’s Day 2 of art prompts from Eileen Schwartz (@healingartforcaregivers). Join in and post it to your Insta, use #Art_stayathome to share your creation. Don't have an Instagram account? Post it on our Facebook page and email it to Eileen at eileen@healingart4caregivers.com.
News for Essential Workers: As a nonprofit, it is COSKids’ mission to help families with educational, financial and spiritual support. As required by recent state and county orders, COSKids is supporting those families who are essential workers. To support Matthews through this current crisis, the organization is making a limited number of classroom spots available for the first responders and health care workers in the Matthews community. The openings are for infants through 5th grade and the hours are 6:30 am - 6 pm. Call 704-756-8817 for additional information or to register.