More Than 400 Community Members Receiving Food Service
Written by Paul Graif on 22 April 2020
The Kateri Food Basket is servicing 225 households in Kahnawake. “There are 180 elders and those with limited mobility in Kahnawake who we are providing hot meal service to for lunch and dinner,” said Derek Montour, the Executive Director of KSCS.
67 front line essential workers are receiving a hot lunch or dinner during the weekdays. 24 workers are receiving the meal service on weekends.
If you would like to make a donation of food, they are being accepted at Kateri School. Monetary donations can be made through KSCS directly 450-632-6880.
Montour says four community members have taken advantage of the emergency shelter that was set up for those who wanted to or needed to self isolate. “It was four travelers who returned to the community and needed to isolate,” Montour said. “It is also available to essential workers who don’t want to potentially transmit the virus to their families.”
Independent Living Center (ILC) has been under a shelter in place order for the last month and they have no positive cases of Covid-19.
Turtle Bay Elders’ Lodge Manager Michael T. Horne said the 22 residents at the Lodge are doing well. “We have been proactive in our measures to adhere to all the directives and to prevent any outbreaks within the Lodge. We have no cases of Covid in the Lodge,” Horne said.
There haven’t been any visitors to the Lodge since March 14th. They have been self-isolating in their rooms for the last month, since March 22nd. “They are very resilient and have been doing very, very well,” Horne said.
Manager of KMHC Homecare Tracy Johnson McComber said her team is providing service for more than 200 clients in the community. “We knew we had to strategize and interact less with our more independent clients,” Johnson said. “But we still see them from afar. Routine visits were switched to phone consultations. There is a way for our people and we are doing anything we can to give them the best care and make sure that they are safe.”
Her team has been re-trained on donning and doffing personal protective equipment and they have been brought up to date on their infection prevention and control practices.
