It’s So Great, It’s Cary!

By now, we are all settling into our Stay-in-Place routines.   I have had several people ask me how they can volunteer or help others during this time. Here are some areas of need: 1. Pick up litter April 4 th would have been the date for Cary’s Spring Litter Sweep, a time when teams of volunteers target areas for clean-up.   Due to social distancing, the Sweep was canceled this year.   But, we can all make up for this cancelation by doing our little part to clean up.   And, when better to help beautify our community than when we are looking for things to do outdoors?   Don some gloves and take a trash bag with you on your next walk.   Just be sure to wash your hands when you get back home! 2. Drop off food donations to Dorcas Ministries The Dorcas Food Pantry on High House Road is open and seeking donations 9 am – 3 pm Monday through Saturday (at the Food Pantry door at the front of the building).   As you can imagine, there has been an increase in demand fo

For weeks, I had planned the launch of my “It's So Great, It’s Cary” blog.   My intent was to start with a post about our Cary Town Council retreat which was held the first week of March.   And then the US spread of COVID-19 took off.   We had been watching it unfold in China, and on the West coast and it was news….the kind of news that everyone talks about but doesn’t personally relate to.   Then, while we prepared for our retreat, the first COVID-19 case occurred in Wake County.   It became personal. But, still, it was strangely distant those first few days.   One person…. okay… Two. Three.   Four. Five…. And then, it became really, really personal.   We began to wonder if anyone around us has it.   We started washing our hands for twenty seconds.   Then, news began to trickle out: people we know are being treated for COVID. It has become real. For some of us, our biggest inconvenience is the cancellation of a conference or a shortage of toilet paper.   For others, it is te