TL;WR
Good vibes this morning from seeing the community support for InkSmith and their project to produce as many PPE Face Shields as possible. Amazing work from Jeremy, Denisa, Jess, Cam, Andrew, Doug, Richard and everyone at InkSmith who are putting in insane hours. Thank you to everyone with a 3D printer who are helping produce masks too.
Have a 3D printer and want to help? Learn how here.
- Alex and the TL;WR team
How to help.
St. Mary’s General Hospital, Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Grand River Hospital have a joint fund to help them purchase the equipment, beds and supplies they need at this critical time. Find details and how to give at RegionReady.ca.
The FoodBank of Waterloo Region has a Covid-19 fund to help support their programs for families in need across our community. You can also find a list of their most needed items here.
Check the always up-to-date listings over at Communitech.ca.
Support local.
Katie Cerar over at Shopify has put together two awesome resources for small businesses. If you know a small business that wants to setup a curb-side pickup store, check out "Build a “Buy Online, Pickup Curbside Store". She also made an awesome guide called "Make a simple gift card store on Shopify". Shopify has changed their trial period from 14 days to 90 days and made gift cards a standard feature on all plans. (We're buying Katie a few beers after this is over. -Ed.)
Looking for more places to support, check out Support Waterloo Eats and KW From Home - both awesome resources for local businesses and how to order from them.
High tea to go - Queen of Hearts Coffee & Tea House has tea pickup and delivery available now.
You can order gift cards online now at Red House, The Culinary Studio and Crafty Ramen.
ForeQuarter Butcher Shop is launching their online ordering system later today.
Winnie's Gluten Free has their online store up for curb-side pickup!
From New Hamburg to your door - Bitte Schön Brewery has delivery now too.
Jane Bond take-out starts this Wednesday (plus t-shirts)!
Who cares if it's snowing - it's still a good time for Four All Ice Cream.
All that vegan goodness - Cafe Pyrus has online ordering too.
Let us know other businesses that we can list!
Things to do (at home).
Descendants Beer & Beverage has virtual trivia tonight at 7 pm.
Good Company Productions has made a local music playlist on Spotify called "You're Still In Good Company". You can buy yourself a Good Company t-shirt too.
Louise M suggested these awesome free home projects from Low Poly Crafts.
Accelerator Centre Offering Free Virtual Workshops to Startups Across Canada.
Lana's Lounge has Mary Catherine Pazzano live at 1pm. Outstanding jazz from the comfort of your home.
Side notes.
Good Company Productions has made a local music playlist on Spotify called "You're Still In Good Company". You can buy yourself a Good Company t-shirt too.
Local school boards offer help with keeping kids learning at home via CBC KW.
Accelerator Centre Offering Free Virtual Workshops to Startups Across Canada.
Record journalists, community and crisis coverage via The Record.
We've got CBC KW's Craig Norris on the TL;WR podcast this week.
From the Communitech News ongoing coverage of the COVID situation - "Kitchener startup Local Line, which helps farmers and food suppliers become successful entrepreneurs through their direct food sales, reports a huge surge in orders since the virus hit, and the company is working to keep the food supply chain functioning through the crisis." (tip of the hat to Craig Daniels - Ed.)
Artshine has two more online art tutorials this week. Subscribe to their YouTube channel for updates.