Durham residents who need help or feel isolated during the novel coronavirus pandemic now have an outlet to reach out to. Durham Region Care Mongers is running a hotline made up of local volunteers with big hearts. “There is change and disruption coming but there doesn’t have to be suffering,” said Zachary Simmons, a volunteer with the group.
Hoisting cases of water and supplies, Simmons, 33, is on a mission to help another Oshawa resident affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’ve personally done runs to just make sure people with medical devices are getting distilled water that they need, that mothers and their families are getting food that they need that they might not be able to access,” said Simmons.