A one piece of paper communication tool for our most vulnerable neighbors to signal to the rest of the block when they need help (e.g. getting groceries or medicine). Sign is placed on a window. It says "OK" on one side (default), and "HELP" on the other with a phone number to contact.
Hello Product Hunt!
Last weekend a few neighbors and I developed a simple communication system to help our most vulnerable neighbors (elderly folks that have a higher health risk to COVID-19) signal to the rest of us when they need non-emergency help. For example, help getting groceries or medicine. Given that many of them don’t use Facebook groups (our block’s primary communication channel), we created a simple (one sheet of paper) sign for folks to say if they are “OK” or if they need “HELP”.
Each house placed the sign facing a window visible from the sidewalk. The default side is "OK". But when when another neighbor sees a “HELP” sign (we have a group of 5 volunteers that walk the blocks daily), they will call the neighbor in need, and post it on the Facebook group. We will then coordinate who and how we will help that household.
Over 100 houses have printed the sign and place it in their windows in my block. And several other neighborhoods around Seattle are starting to use it as well. I wanted to share the print template and implementation instructions with you folks as more a more communities are being required to shelter in place.
https://docs.google.com/presenta...
Hope it helps!
Best,
Sergio
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