COVID-19 Spotlight – Encouraging Stories | Cleveland Bricks

In this ever-changing world, we all need a little comfort. Amazing acts of kindness and generosity are all around us. They’re not always visible, but their impact is far-reaching and inspiring. Here are some ways ordinary people are helping each other while life is interrupted.

Celebrating

During this period of social distancing, many of life’s milestones are being celebrated in unexpected ways. Grandparents meeting their new grandbabies through a window. Weddings are now virtual gatherings. It is beautiful how some are finding ways to celebrate with joy and creativity.

Check out how one family honors their mother and grandmother here.  

Giving Back

Cleveland Cavalier, Kevin Love donated $100,000 to the arena staff while basketball is on hold. Large corporations are giving to laid-off restaurant workers. Neighborhood children are playing concerts to lift the spirits of those nearby. Healthy young people are grocery shopping for the elderly. It is astounding the ways we can help each other!

At Home

Here in Ohio, stories like mailmen helping those they deliver mail to or local restaurants feeding hospital workers, are always encouraging. As a city that has been through hard times before, we know how to weather storms together.

Our neighbors in Avon Lake went the extra mile for one of their own, view it here.

As we wait for the pandemic to pass, it is a great joy to see kindness spread across the Land. It is a reminder that in good times and bad, we need each other.