Volunteers deliver care packages to local healthcare heroes
To help out healthcare workers who are on the front lines combating COVID, volunteers from the Hancock Chamber and Hancock County Community Development Foundation came together to make…
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SRHS drive-up hospital prayer event
In a show of support for health care workers and COVID patients, many gathered at all three Singing River hospital locations across the Coast for a group prayer. Dozens of cars…
City of Gulfport proclaims March 11th as ‘Healthcare Heroes Day’
Today, March 11th, has been proclaimed as ‘Healthcare Heroes Day’ in the City of Gulfport by Mayor Billy Hewes. It’s been officially one year since the first case of COVID was confirmed in Mississippi. The City of…
How Mississippi healthcare workers can make an appointment for COVID-19 vaccinations
Who Is Eligible for Vaccination? Any healthcare worker, paid or unpaid, in any setting where they may be exposed directly or indirectly to COVID-19 patients or COVID-19 infectious materials. Healthcare workers include nurses, physicians, emergency medical services, technicians, pharmacists, dietary and…
Hard Rock Café showing gratitude to healthcare heroes
The Hard Rock Café is taking ‘love all, serve all’ to a whole new level, especially for our healthcare workers on the front lines. Our healthcare heroes typically don’t get holidays and they’re always on standby, ready to lend a…
Orange Grove Lions Club hosting ‘Salute to our Heroes’ lunch for health care workers
The Orange Grove Lions Club is hosting a lunch for the health care works at Garden Park Hospital. The ‘Salute to our Heroes’ lunch event will take place at Garden Park Hospital Emergency and ICU wards on April 22, 2020.…
McDonald’s Celebrates Healthcare Workers and First Responders with Free “Thank You Meals”
BILOXI, Miss. — In appreciation for the healthcare workers, police officers, firefighters and paramedics who are committed to our health and safety, McDonald’s will offer free Thank You Meals*, between Wednesday, April 22 and Tuesday, May 5, as a token…
‘Meal for Heroes’ provides meals for local healthcare workers
Healthcare workers are on the front lines of this pandemic, fighting everyday to save lives from COVID-19. To say thanks, a local organization has made it their mission to feed meals to local healthcare workers. “Meals for Heroes” is a…
Tunnel to Towers Foundation joins the COVID-19 fight
Known for its financial assistance to families of fallen soldiers and first responders, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation is now stepping up to help families of healthcare workers who are battling COVID-19. Frank Siller, the CEO of the Tunnel to…
Winn-Dixie parent company buys groceries for healthcare professionals, first responders at all stores
Last night, Southeastern Grocers surprised community heroes by paying for their groceries during healthcare professionals and first responders shopping hour at all grocery store, including Winn-Dixie stores in Mississippi. The community heroes shopping in all Winn-Dixie, BI-LO, Fresco y Más,…
Therapy dog cheers up hospital staff at St. Louis University Hospital
Doctors on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis are under a tremendous amount of pressure, but a new four-legged staff member at St. Louis University Hospital is helping to ease some of that stress. Golden retriever "Bennett" is the…
Stadiums light up blue in support of essential healthcare workers
Sports and civic venues around the country and world turned blue Thursday, a part of the global #lightitblue movement, to support the men and women on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTOS: METLIFE STADIUM (COURTESY:…
Residents gather to 'park and pray' for healthcare workers
To say a special thank you to the brave men and women working around the clocks saving lives in this pandemic, Action Church, along with 22 other local churches, invited residents throughout the Coast to gather at Ocean Springs Hospital…