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NORTH LIBERTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Schools around Michiana continue to make adjustments on the fly as the classrooms are closed during the pandemic. This week John Glenn schools are on spring break and 16 News Now went to see first-hand how church volunteers are answering the call to serve and help keep students fed. We have…

SOUTH BEND — Indiana University is providing free, 24-hour Wi-Fi access to students and the general public who may not have internet connectivity because of coronavirus- related closures. IU’s University Information Technology Services networks division has set up “lot hot spots” in parking lots on eight IU campuses, including South Bend. The hot spots will allow users…

In a national emergency, some people’s initial thoughts are to fight over toilet paper. Others, like Good News Network reader Trina Branella, immediately want to leap to the aid of those in the front lines of the crisis. Trina began constructing and sewing cloth masks for a project in Indiana to help teenage cancer patients…

They’re using their equipment and raw materials to make hand sanitizer. They’re providing meals to their brewery employees, their distributor partners and to nonprofits in their communities. And they’re donating money to help bartenders and service industry workers displaced because of widespread bar and restaurant closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For Molson Coors Beverage…

The initiative addresses the enormous shortage of protective gear that doctors and nurses rely upon as they treat individuals with coronavirus symptoms. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has overwhelmed the health care industry and resulted in some hospitals coming up short of protective masks for its workers, the costume design industry has come…

blob:https://abc57.com/250ad9f7-f5c7-448c-8086-26db262bf0f4 THREE OAKS, Mich. – The Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks is known for its craft alcoholic beverages, but it’s recently transitioned to giving out free craft hand sanitizer in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “We send it into our steel units and create a spirit,” Journeyman General Manager Mike Brown said.“And then cutting…

New York City has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, with over 10,000 diagnosed cases. The virus has shut down the city’s famed cultural institutions and left area hospitals in dire need of protective equipment for health care workers and patients.  But since late last week, members of the Broadway…

If there’s a sliver of a silver lining in these uncertain times, it’s music, from free, virtual concerts to suggested playlists. One of the most inspiring efforts we’ve seen this week comes from a virtual performance of Burt Bacharach/Hal David’s “What The World Needs Now” by students from Berklee College of Music. The student-made performance and video was…

NBC Universal donate medical masks used as TV props on NBC’s “Chicago Med,” “Fire” and “P.D.” to real-life coronavirus first responders. CHICAGO – NBC producers of “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” pulled off a three-show crossover to help combat a real-life pandemic crisis. Producers, a prop master and network executives collaborated to donate…

When Quail Creek Fire Department heard some truck stops are no longer able to serve food, they knew exactly how they could help. Arkansas fire department providing free hot meals for truck drivers LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Truck drivers are some of the country’s unsung heroes as they work non-stop to deliver supplies.  A Fire…