Frontline medical staff are working tirelessly to care for us during the coronavirus pandemic.

Help us thank frontline staff for their service.

John,

Across the country, frontline medical staff are working overtime to ensure our communities are safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic (also known as coronavirus). Every day, the frontline hospital staff at Johns Hopkins, for example, put their lives at risk to treat the growing number of people with coronavirus.¹ Johns Hopkins is not only a world-renowned hospital, but it is a hospital that serves a tremendous number of Black people in Baltimore. And because of their dedication to our community, and the sacrifices they are making to keep treating people, we want to show the medical staff — particularly working class staff like orderlies, nurses, and cleaning staff — at John Hopkins how grateful we are for their service.

Contribute $5 so that we can provide $5000 of care packages for the frontline medical staff who are working overtime to protect us during the spread of coronavirus.

Despite hospitals’ unending efforts to secure personal protective equipment like gloves, masks, glasses, and respirators to protect medical staff who work on the front lines, these crucial staff people are forced to treat patients using reused protective gear or no protective gear at all. Still, staff members show up to work each and every during this crisis.² They sacrifice not only their health, but what little time they typically might have with their family in order to keep treating patients in the face of this deadly virus. Frontline medical staff are heroes. So, we’d like to provide help where we can, by contributing $5000 worth of healthy snacks, coffee, and energy drinks to the staff at Johns Hopkins, who serve one of the most high-density, low-income Black communities in the country.

Chip in $5 to send food, coffee, and energy drinks to the frontline hospital staff at Johns Hopkins.

I live in Baltimore, on a block full of medical staff; I see first-hand the stress, fatigue, and steadfast commitment to caring for patients. They don’t see themselves as brave, but we see them as the backbone of our society. John, will you join us in thanking the staff members at John Hopkins who are working 24/7 to keep us safe and healthy?

$5 is a small amount, but it will make a big difference. And if just 1,000 of our members contribute $5, we will be able to purchase and send care packages to the Johns Hopkins staff in no time!

Make your $5 contribution now, and help us raise $5000 that will directly support the Johns Hopkins staff and show them how thankful we are for their dedication.

Until justice is real,
—Brandi, Rashad, Arisha, Jade, Johnny, Future, Amanda, Evan, Imani, Samantha, Jenette, Ciera, Eesha, Marcus, FolaSade, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

References:

“Behind the scenes of the Johns Hopkins response to coronavirus,” The Hub at Johns Hopkins University, March 9, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242483?t=7&akid=41757%2E4731121%2EG0b_wB
“'This system is doomed': Doctors, nurses sound off in NBC News coronavirus survey,” NBC News, March 20, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/242484?t=9&akid=41757%2E4731121%2EG0b_wB

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