West Plains Emergency Response Volunteers offers assistance

FROM STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES

WEST PLAINS – Residents needing a local resource for assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak have one in a Facebook page created to originally connect families in quarantine with volunteers who could bring groceries to the door.

West Plains Emergency Response Volunteers is the idea of local resident Jamie Ewen. The page now has over 600 people following it and has become a location for residents to learn about the different ways they can help out during the pandemic.

Group members share different volunteer opportunities to help fight the disease, offer assistance to families in need and even provide information such as when store shelves are stocked. Ewen added that the group has now become a non-profit, and people interested in donating can contact Cheney Federal Credit Union.