We know many of our El Cerrito community members are wondering how they can help others right now, so here are a few ideas that are not only great for others, but good for your heart too:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Check on your neighbors.<\/strong>\u00a0Contact your neighbors, especially elderly neighbors, to make sure they are okay and do not need anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n Help supply each other\u2019s needs. We are trying to not go out much, so someone might be short on certain items \u2013 toilet paper, paper towels, flour, cleansers, etc. If you feel safe, you can visit through screen doors. If not, make a porch drop off so there is no contact.<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Give blood.<\/strong>\u00a0The San Diego Blood Bank reports that their blood supplies are critically low. All healthy, eligible individuals are encouraged to schedule a blood or platelet donation Donating blood is a safe process and people should not hesitate to give or receive blood. The need for blood is constant, and volunteer donors are the only source of blood for those in need of transfusions.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Explore ways to connect and volunteer.<\/strong>\u00a0Nonprofits are working to continue to run their programs and may need extra help.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Donate food and money.<\/strong>\u00a0If you are able to without shorting your own stock, donate food items to groups and churches that are helping supply food to more people right now or make money donations.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Take care of yourself and your family!<\/strong>\u00a0Make sure your family\u2019s needs are covered. Reach out for help if you need anything. You can only help others when your household is healthy and its needs are covered.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014Laura Riebau writes on behalf of the El Cerrito Community Council.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We know many of our El Cerrito community members are wondering how they can help others right now, so here are a few ideas that are not only great for others, but good for your heart too:\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0Check on your neighbors.\u00a0Contact your neighbors, especially elderly neighbors, to make sure they are okay and do not […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":258049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"El Cerrito Community Council news","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}