Small business owners affected by COVID-19, how can we help?

amother

Jetblack

Sun, Mar 15 2020, 12:07 am

Support our store and shop even if we don’t have a lot of inventory at this time.

And stop asking when are you getting in your new stuff- we are as clueless as you are!

amother

Fuchsia

Sun, Mar 15 2020, 1:14 am

To all the sbo -
Please use social media, Instagram/ insta stories to show us what you’re selling so we can buy it! We want to support you but if we can’t walk into your stores, give us a way to shop from home. It’s a win win for both of us.
(Shoe store owners, there’s a real need for this! )

amother

Dodgerblue

Sun, Mar 15 2020, 7:50 am

I posted in another thread.
But everyone should look at the people in their lives- friends, relatives, neighbors who are likely not getting paid and try to help them if you have the ability.
Schools are closing. So the teachers are being paid for remote work. But you know who is not working and very likely not getting paid? The aids, secretaries, bus drivers, cleaning crews, paper delivery, copy repairman.
Babysitters, pt, OT, speech therapists.
So many people can't afford to pay basic bills. And Pesach coming makes it worse.
So help them.
Pay your babysitter even if you're not sending. Gift the school maintenance department or the driver or the classroom aid.
Don't assume they have money and don't assume they will get unemployment. For a lot of these part time, per diem jobs, they are subcontractors. On the books and legal but very little social parachute.
So give to those who might need and are too embarrassed to ask or don't have whom to ask from.

Let's accrue zechusim this season.

amother

cornflower

Sun, Mar 15 2020, 8:00 am

amother [ Fuchsia ] wrote:

Please make your Instagram less arty and more catalogue. What worked to draw people into the store is not not working now. They want to shop online.