Pictured are from right to left Tracy Rascoe, Bob Candland and J. Rollins, the three members of the American Legion Boyce Aten Post 25 Disaster Preparedness Response Team. The committee of the El Centro-area American Legion Post has been working to help the community through programs targeting the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently has provided help to victims of the June 28 wildfire in Niland, along with posts throughout the Valley. In this photo, the three are pictured with the materials used for their campaign to prepare face masks for essential workers. Photo courtesy of Post 25.

When in the military, soldiers swear an oath to defend their
country, and they rely on each other through the toughest of times to live up
to that oath. When they return home to their communities, that oath doesn’t
just end—nor does the knowledge of what it takes to work together to get through
the most

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Andrew Triviso, a 4H member, delivers face coverings to the Calexico Fire Department recently. 4H youth from throughout the Imperial Valley prepared face coverings and mask kits as part of their leadership project. The youth in the program delivered the masks to first responders and essential workers around the Valley.
Photo courtesy 4H program

Fourteen-year-old Shelbee Rolfe of El Centro has been busy these last few weeks cutting fabric to form into face coverings and even went as far as to prepare a video to teach others how to prepare the masks following Center for Disease Control guidelines.

She’s not alone. Rolfe, a member of the Verde 4H Club, has teamed with
4H youth from throughout the Imperial Valley to prepare face coverings and face
covering kits in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic to help first responders
and others providing essential services.

Recently, the 4H youth delivered some 1,500 completed masks to first
responders

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Pictured are (left to right) Daisy Benavides and Diana Barrera, both staff members at the Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home for Children who worked 12-hour shifts to care for a 3-year-old girl who needed to be quarantined at the facility earlier this month for three days based on reports she might have been exposed to the coronavirus before she was taken to the receiving home. The girl ultimately was not infected, but for those three days, the two staff members risked their safety to manage the child’s care. The Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home, pictured in the background, is a temporary care facility for children removed from their homes by Child Protective Services.

At the Betty Jo McNeece Receiving Home for children, the effort of
staff to care for children in the program has continued unphased by the coronavirus
lockdowns as workers report each day to the facility.

They must.

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