KPBS Midday Edition

How San Diegans Can Help Amid The Coronavirus Outbreak

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Brooke Ruth / Senior Producer, Radio News

Published April 2, 2020 at 2:51 PM PDT

This story was published more than 4 years ago.

A volunteer fills the trunk of a minivan with food outside of SDCCU Stadium on March 28, 2020.

How San Diegans Can Help Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

There are other opportunities to give back to the community, even during this time of social distance and stay at home orders.

For San Diegans, the last few weeks have been filled with anxiety and upheaval. One way some people have found to cope is by helping out.

Whether that's writing a note to people socially isolated in a nursing home or calling a neighbor.

Even during this time of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, there are opportunities to help your community. For instance — at Wednesday's county news conference Rady's and the Rock Church announced a partnership to collect personal protective equipment.

Become a KPBS sponsor

"We've never been here before and the only way we're going to get through is if we stick together," said Pastor Miles McPherson from the Rock Church.

If you have masks, gloves or other PPE you want to donate, contact Rady Children’s Foundation.

San Diego Foundation CEO Mark Stuart, San Diego Food Bank CEO James Floros and San Diego Blood Bank's Claudine Van Gonka join Midday Edition on Thursday to talk about more ways of giving back.

Highlights:

Donate to The San Diego Foundation's COVID-19 Community Response Fund. The fund provides grants and interest-free loans to nonprofits responding to the crisis.
Volunteer at the San Diego Food Bank
Volunteer at the San Diego Blood Bank or make an appointment to give blood.
More volunteer opportunities can be found at: https://www.justserve.org/sdcounty

Tags

KPBS Midday Edition COVID-19

Maureen Cavanaugh

twitter

Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

What do you want to hear host Jade Hindmon talk about on Midday?

Brooke Ruth

Brooke Ruth is the senior producer for KPBS Radio News. She previously served as a producer for "KPBS Midday Edition" and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.

See stories by Brooke Ruth