 When coronavirus was announced in the U.S. I started looking to how I could help the local peace economy project We had here in Venice, California So we raised enough money so that we were sure the youth that go there to eat would have food for the next month then I Put my name and phone number and offered phone calls Aaron runs yesterday it was Taking everyone's trash out to the street For the four blocks in my surrounding area what I learned where there's a lot of elderly people who live in my neighborhood that I'd never met Then I saw that the homeless encampments weren't getting food because they were used to getting food from the restaurants and all the restaurants are closed So first I thought I could call DoorDash and have them deliver to homeless encampments, but they didn't go for that so I ordered 20 pizzas and took them over to the encampments, which wasn't the best way because it was less Food than was needed for everyone that was there Just this weekend I found a homeless encampment of women and thought better that maybe Warm burritos and chips would be better Because they could put them in individual bags I could have my gloves on have them in the back seat roll down the window so they're you hungry and they could pick up a bag and and Watching the hunger and that and the gratitude For just having some food and then when they picked up and found it was warm broke my heart I cried all the way home because I Don't think we realize that even places that are in service to others have closed down also So there's lots of ways that if we look at in our community, we can find a way to be a mutual aid You can find out more at code pink.org backslash mutual aid Take care of yourself. Stay in stay covered. Be well