What random acts of kindness have you seen displayed amid the coronavirus pandemic?

Former_MSE_Molly

Hi all! 
Hope you're all keeping safe, healthy and happy during this unprecedented time*.
The MSE Forum and Social crew are making it their mission to keep Forum morale up so we want to hear your uplifting stories!

Did you see a neighbour struggling? Have you helped a foodbank? Have you made a care package for someone self-isolating (and left it at a safe distance of course)?
Share your suggestions!

Let's stick together gang - virtually, of course!
- MSE Molly

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MatyMoo

I saw the ICU nurse in tears on the news and wanted to help in some small way. Two cakes baked & will be going in to my local hospital this weekend via a member of staff that lives three doors down. 

onwards&upwards

MatyMoo said:

I saw the ICU nurse in tears on the news and wanted to help in some small way. Two cakes baked & will be going in to my local hospital this weekend via a member of staff that lives three doors down. 

It will be very much appreciated i’m sure!

AlexMac

Trivial, compared to others' real angst, but I've been on the receiving end of a few kind gestures.

The first, early in the crisis was when a younger neighbour stopped me in the street and offered support if I or other older residents needed help during social isolation...
then yesterday, in Aldi, when the woman in the checkout queue offered me a couple of bottles of the last batch of long-life milk which she'd picked from  the shelves when I asked where she'd found it.

That's the good news; the bad is that, I guess ,that although I think I'm a fit, svelte, attractive chap - others probably see a bald old 70+ codger!

AlexMac

Oh and as a postscript; when I circulated his genral offer of support on our street email group, together with a couple of other  credits to neighbours who'd put their own offers out on the Street Facebook page, another half-dozen residents came pitching in saying that they too would happily do shopping, collect prescriptions, etc...

bellabella

My daughter was supposed to be getting married in Italy which was cancelled and managed to rebook for a local registry office with a small do after and now there will be just them the registrar and the 2 witnesses one is my hubby so i will wait outside to throw confetti at them i must admit to shedding a tear but it is what it is to keep everyone safe anyway i just got a text from a neighbour of my mums who was going to do the catering after the registry office obviously not now , offering to make them a small sponge wedding cake free of charge just a small thing but to us a gift worth so much x

kingfisherblue

There are several people on our local FB groups offering help. Some are teenagers offering to walk dogs, pick up prescriptions, etc. Others are collecting food and toiletries to give to local people who can't get out - a pub and a sports club are the two local hubs near me (not the pub that I mentioned in my thread). Some people are posting that they have baby milk or nappies that they can't use, and offering them to those who need these things.

Like most towns, my town has problems, but we also have a great sense of community.

Savvy_Sue

We've been out for a couple of walks today: made a point of noticing flowers in people's gardens. Also noticed a few houses where children have drawn pictures of rainbows and the like to put in their front windows. Cheers the spirits. 

Grogged

I've found out our neighbour works for whether spoons as she's offered the neighbourhood frozen meals now they can't use them.

no.1swimmum

I had 2 appointments yesterday morning, the second was to collect my much needed new glasses from Boots (i wear both reading and distance, and had broken my reading glasses and have been really struggling, I could have suffered on without them but rang Boots and they said that they were open so decided to go by car and park nearby.  When we got to Boots the doors were shut and there was a queue of about 25 people - there was a very elderly gentleman about 5 people in front of us, and no one was talking to him, checking on him - although disabled myself I couldn't stand and watch him struggling in the queue.  I left hubby in the queue and went and asked him if he was OK and if he wanted to find a seat and I would get what he wanted from the store - he was rvery stoic and said he was fine and that he only wanted a couple of bits.  Again I asked him if he was sure, he said he was but i was still concerened - it was then announced that if we were collecting either glasses or goods that had been delivered to the shop we could go in but they were limiting the numbers in the shop.
We went in, but once in I sought out a senior member of staff and asked them if they really thought it appropriate to make this elderly gentleman wait outside, and asked him if it was his relation what would he want.  I'm glad to say that he went straight out and much to the annoyance of the rest of the queue escorted the elderly gentleman inside.
To me this was nothing special, this is what we should do as the norm, this is what we should be all doing, I'm not so sure the rest of the people waiting agreed with me . TOUGH.

martinbuckley

I bought a box of quality street for each of the four cleaners we have at work who are working extra hard to keep us safe.