Community Reacts
By Patricia Hudson
Stays Home & Stays Safe
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o fight the spread of the Covid-19, an emergency disaster declaration was issued, and citizens have been asked to Stay Home/Stay Safe. How has your family and the Cypress community handled this difficult time?
Sarah Pack Crawford “Our son, Carter, was on Bridgeland High School’s Varsity soccer team. They had an amazing undefeated season in District play and were two games away from clinching the District championship. Coach Gillespie has been very supportive throughout this stay at home period. He has personally called each family and communicates through email and zoom meetings with his team. He has also provided a daily workout for the boys that will help keep them in top shape.” Denise Kraft Knippers, a nurse, has been “Sewing, sewing away” on masks that she has donated to local first responders and volunteers. Denise admits to being exhausted. “I have been working 12 to 20-hour days, sewing and working virtually, or either screening from 9-2. I have donated to Conroe Regional Hospital, North Cypress ER and ICU,
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Fairfield Family Medicine, UTMB Galveston, HPD, St Luke’s Labor and Delivery, a private doctor’s office, Woodard Elementary, Pope Elementary, and have sent some to New York and Virginia. I have stood in line for two hours at JoAnn’s Fabrics to get material to sew more.” Knippers has made 685 and she has 200 more half finished to date. Michael Meissner Abba’s House is a local nonprofit that cares for refugee women and children as they transition to their new life in the U.S. “COVID19 forced us to cancel several large volunteer groups who were going to help us put in our garden and orchard. Since then, though, We've had lots of families drop in one at a time to help us plant vegetables, put in trees, etc. We have so many kind and generous people in our community!” Jaime Connor Pierce “Learning to appreciate things we normally take for granted, seeing families spending quality time together, spending more time gardening and baking. Book clubs meeting online with Zoom, which saves us all money since we are not eating out. I’ve had time to work on my ancestry. I’ve enjoyed reading and contributing to the ‘Positive News Corona’ FB page. Our preschools in Bridgeland have been walking around on hunts for animals and positive message we put in our windows. We had an outdoor concert on our street, with students playing their instruments outside while we stayed on our own driveways and sidewalks. Face-
