Thank you for all that you do to keep your clients safe and healthy during this difficult time. I can only imagine how hard it must be for you to go into work each day knowing the risk you face. You are truly brave to keep going! I know it might seem really tough right now, but we are all so thankful for the work that you and your coworkers do each and every day to help those who most need it. Because of you, people have shelter and food and love. I can’t express how thankful I am to know that there are people like you on the frontlines of the crisis working so hard every day to protect the most vulnerable. Your hard work inspires me. I can only imagine the stress and anxiety you must feel when you leave your family each day to go work on the frontlines of this crisis. I want you to know that we see the work that you are doing, and we appreciate it. Thank you for taking care of our community. Don’t give up hope that this will get better! I know that you can push through this and come out stronger.
How will you show appreciation and support to our medical frontliner?
More ways to say thank you to our frontliners
1. Express your gratitude on social media
With more people going and staying online due to the community quarantine, social media channels have become a place to spread positive energy and thank the frontline workers who choose to serve and help the country run amid these challenging times.
Brands, big and small alike, have taken on this role of showing appreciation through their social channels.
At the beginning of the community quarantine, AboitizPower launched the #PositiveEnergy campaign as a salute to its operations and maintenance team members who are making sure that the country is energized during these challenging times. Through timely thank you notes on its social channels, AboitizPower is able to extend its gratitude to these hardworking individuals.
2. Send them food
Thank you notes are great, but our frontline workers also need fuel to operate. Who can say no to food, right? Many cause-oriented groups in Metro Manila have set up food donation drives for frontline workers. Among them is CloudEats, which is a platform that seeks to prepare healthy meals for medical staff, government agencies, and other frontline workers.
3. Help provide PPEs to health care providers
Aside from food, our frontline workers, particularly our health care providers, are in dire need of personal protective equipment. Those with sewing skills and the proper tools and materials helped make improvised masks, doing as much as they could with the few resources they have. Students from various universities also volunteered to build face shields from recycled plastic bottles, showcasing Filipino ingenuity in times of crisis.
But if you don’t have the capacity to procure or produce PPEs such as masks, gloves, and lab gowns, among others, you may opt to donate to campaigns that aim to equip our frontline workers with the necessary gear.
The Aboitiz Foundation started a campaign on its online donation platform Kinder, which aims to help health workers fight COVID-19. The Aboitiz Group’s corporate social responsibility arm partnered with the UP Medical Foundation, TOWNS (The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service) Foundation, and a network of infectious disease specialists in the Philippines to purchase and distribute PPE kits containing masks, gloves, impermeable gowns, face shields, goggles, scrub booties, and other safety gear, estimated to cost P950 per kit, to health care professionals on the frontline.
4. Start a fundraising campaign within your immediate circles
If you feel like stepping up and taking matters into your own hands, then starting a fundraising campaign for frontline workers is perfect for you. You don’t have to rally the support of a thousand strangers and aim to raise at least P1 million like most big groups have. Why not start with your immediate contacts -- your friends and family -- instead?
It’s easier to pool resources and ask for help from those who are closest to you. You can tap your village association, call up your high school classmates, or encourage your office friends to pitch in. The Bayanihan spirit can shine through even in the smallest gestures.
Sometimes, it’s the small things that make the biggest difference.
5. Follow quarantine protocols
“We came to work for you. Please stay home for us.”
You might have seen this quote floating around social media since the health crisis broke out and while some people find this cute, it’s actually a serious plea from our frontline workers.
Staying home may probably sound like the most mundane thing one can do to help our health care workers during this time, but it can have the greatest impact. Staying home limits our contact with others and, thus, helps slow the spread of the virus, which helps medical staff be less overwhelmed.
If we truly want to honor the sacrifice of our frontline workers, we should be serious in following quarantine protocols and guidelines. Washing your hands, disinfecting surfaces, and practicing social distancing can all help prevent the virus from spreading. Let’s all do our part in helping “flatten the curve.”
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Thank you for all that you do to keep your clients safe and healthy during this difficult
time. I can only imagine how hard it must be for you to go into work each day knowing the risk you face. You are truly brave to keep going! I know it might seem really tough right now, but we are all so thankful for the work that you and your coworkers do each and every day to help those who most need it. Because of you, people have shelter and food and love. I can’t express how thankful I am to know that there are people like you on the frontlines of the crisis working so hard every day to protect the most vulnerable. Your hard work inspires me. I can only imagine the stress and anxiety you must feel when you leave your family each day to go work on the frontlines of this crisis. I want you to know that we see the work that you are doing, and we appreciate it. Thank you for taking care of our community. Don’t give up hope that this will get better! I know that you can push through this and come out stronger.
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How will you show appreciation and support to our medical frontliner?
More ways to say thank you to our frontliners
1. Express your gratitude on social media
With more people going and staying online due to the community quarantine, social media channels have become a place to spread positive energy and thank the frontline workers who choose to serve and help the country run amid these challenging times.
Brands, big and small alike, have taken on this role of showing appreciation through their social channels.
At the beginning of the community quarantine, AboitizPower launched the #PositiveEnergy campaign as a salute to its operations and maintenance team members who are making sure that the country is energized during these challenging times. Through timely thank you notes on its social channels, AboitizPower is able to extend its gratitude to these hardworking individuals.
2. Send them food
Thank you notes are great, but our frontline workers also need fuel to operate. Who can say no to food, right? Many cause-oriented groups in Metro Manila have set up food donation drives for frontline workers. Among them is CloudEats, which is a platform that seeks to prepare healthy meals for medical staff, government agencies, and other frontline workers.
3. Help provide PPEs to health care providers
Aside from food, our frontline workers, particularly our health care providers, are in dire need of personal protective equipment. Those with sewing skills and the proper tools and materials helped make improvised masks, doing as much as they could with the few resources they have. Students from various universities also volunteered to build face shields from recycled plastic bottles, showcasing Filipino ingenuity in times of crisis.
But if you don’t have the capacity to procure or produce PPEs such as masks, gloves, and lab gowns, among others, you may opt to donate to campaigns that aim to equip our frontline workers with the necessary gear.
The Aboitiz Foundation started a campaign on its online donation platform Kinder, which aims to help health workers fight COVID-19. The Aboitiz Group’s corporate social responsibility arm partnered with the UP Medical Foundation, TOWNS (The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service) Foundation, and a network of infectious disease specialists in the Philippines to purchase and distribute PPE kits containing masks, gloves, impermeable gowns, face shields, goggles, scrub booties, and other safety gear, estimated to cost P950 per kit, to health care professionals on the frontline.
4. Start a fundraising campaign within your immediate circles
If you feel like stepping up and taking matters into your own hands, then starting a fundraising campaign for frontline workers is perfect for you. You don’t have to rally the support of a thousand strangers and aim to raise at least P1 million like most big groups have. Why not start with your immediate contacts -- your friends and family -- instead?
It’s easier to pool resources and ask for help from those who are closest to you. You can tap your village association, call up your high school classmates, or encourage your office friends to pitch in. The Bayanihan spirit can shine through even in the smallest gestures.
Sometimes, it’s the small things that make the biggest difference.
5. Follow quarantine protocols
“We came to work for you. Please stay home for us.”
You might have seen this quote floating around social media since the health crisis broke out and while some people find this cute, it’s actually a serious plea from our frontline workers.
Staying home may probably sound like the most mundane thing one can do to help our health care workers during this time, but it can have the greatest impact. Staying home limits our contact with others and, thus, helps slow the spread of the virus, which helps medical staff be less overwhelmed.
If we truly want to honor the sacrifice of our frontline workers, we should be serious in following quarantine protocols and guidelines. Washing your hands, disinfecting surfaces, and practicing social distancing can all help prevent the virus from spreading. Let’s all do our part in helping “flatten the curve.”
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