COVID-19: ‘Isolation helpers’ lend a hand in Dongara and Port Denison

Residents of Dongara and Port Denison have banded together to ensure no one goes without support during the ongoing situation unfolding around the COVID-19 coronavirus. Kym Cruickshank, who organised the group of more than 30 volunteers, said the community response had been amazing. “I was just thinking about all these people that will get stuck and may not have anyone to help,” she said. “So I posted on Facebook to see if anyone needed a hand and got all these offers of help.” The group, calling itself the “isolation helpers”, has set up a system with local businesses to deliver orders to anyone who may be self-isolating or unable to leave the house. It has yet to have anyone ask for assistance, but Ms Kym believes it will come to that if the COVID-19 situation continues to escalate. “Picking up someone’s supermarket (shopping) is such a simple way to help, why wouldn’t I?” she said.