Publix Markets reserves 7-8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for customers age 65 and older. Home delivery is available through Instacart.

Asheville Outlets will host a blood donation drive in partnership with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day inside the Food Court.

Donors are asked to register in advance by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/give and entering the sponsor code Ashevilleoutlets. The American Red Cross will establish additional safety guidelines to ensure all donors are socially distanced.

Donating blood products is essential to community health and eligible donors are strongly urged to
donate blood, platelets, or AB Elite plasma. The Red Cross only collects blood from individuals who are
healthy and feeling well at the time of donation – and who meet other eligibility requirements.
At each blood drive or donation center, Red Cross employees follow thorough safety protocols, including:
 Wearing gloves and changing them often.
 Wiping down donor-touched areas after every collection.
 Using sterile collection sets for every donation.
 Preparing the arm for donation with aseptic scrub.
 Conducting donor mini physicals to ensure donors are healthy and well on day of donation.
We have also increased our vigilance concerning some of these safety protocols including:
 Enhanced disinfecting of surfaces and equipment.
 Providing hand sanitizer for use before entering and throughout the donation appointment.
 Temperature checks before presenting donors enter the blood drive or donation center.
 Following social distancing practices between donors including donor beds, as well as waiting and
refreshment areas.
 During this time, blankets typically used by platelet, Power Red and AB Elite donors at Red Cross blood
donation centers will be laundered after each use, which may limit the availability. Donors are
encouraged to bring their own blankets, but electric blankets and heating pads are not permitted.
 Staff wearing basic face masks.
To ensure our staff are healthy each day, we have implemented standard staff health assessments prior to all
blood drives.  Finally, only eligible and healthy people can give blood.  These mitigation measures will help
ensure blood recipient safety, as well as staff and donor safety in reducing contact with those who may
potentially have this respiratory infection.

Every Wednesday from 12-6pm, Carolina Hemp Company and Ambrose West, alongside their neighbors on West Asheville’s Beachm’s Curve, will host a community aid drive to gather and donate supplies and food to support local emergency relief efforts. Recipients include Homeward Bound, Western Carolina Rescue Ministries, 12 Bones, the YMCA, and more! As Asheville’s Hometown Hemp Company, Carolina Hemp Company values their local community, and believes in supporting each other when in need. In times such as these, we are reminded of the unfortunate imbalance in society’s ability to afford and have access to basic necessities. The Carolina Hemp Company mission is and always has been Bringing Balance Through Hemp and they now have the opportunity to practice this through service to the Asheville community. While being encouraged to separate, it is important we still band together to pool resources, communicate, and take care of each other. Carolina Hemp Company will be collecting non-perishable food items, cooking essentials, health and wellness products, cleaning and sanitation supplies, and general toiletries, and camping gear to load into the Hemp Xpress Trolley and distribute to local organizations who are dedicated to providing shelter, food and health services to those who need it most. Updates and detailed information will be posted to the Beacham’s Curve Aid Supply and Food Drive event page on the Carolina Hemp Company facebook page.

The staff is committed to practicing conscious handling and delivery of all supplies through hand washing, wiping down items, and limited contact between donors, themselves, and the receiving organizations’ representatives

The Runner’s Mechanic Physical Therapy Clinic is very pleased to welcome back counselor Andrew Bednarzik during this challenging time of COVID-19!

Please join by clicking this Zoom link: April 22nd 6pm :https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88280850998

Andrew will share with us a few mental strategies and words of advice to help ease any stress or anxiety this stay-at-home change may be bringing into your life. We can all get through this together!

New Online Programming! Starting Monday, April 20, we’re launching online programming that anyone can enjoy! And even better – it’s all free! Find this content on Facebook, Instagram or Youtube! Mondays 11:00 am – My ACT Memory – the craziest, most wonderful, or unbelievable things that have happened at ACT 7:30 pm – Movie Monday! We’ll watch a movie together using Netflix Party! Tuesdays 11:00 am – ACT Reads: Storytime (for Young Children) 7:30 pm – Living Room Cabaret – A mini-concert from 3 local performers! Wednesdays Watch for our next e-newsletter! Thursdays 11:00 am – Backstage Pass with Amanda and Chanda 7:30 pm – Face With a Name: Brief Interviews with Fascinating People Fridays 11:00 am – ACT Reads: A Chapter at a Time (for Older Kids) 5:00 pm – #ACTHappyHour Watch Party on Facebook

Enjoy learning Tai Chi from your own home with Dr. Adam Potts. Adam has been teaching the Tai Chi class for Veterans at Pack Memorial Library. Now that the library is closed, Adam will be hosting free online classes for everyone to access.
Adam is a former US Marine who served 2 tours in Iraq. He is now a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Tai Chi Instructor.

– Build Strength, Balance, and Coordination
– Relieve Stress, Anxiety, and Depression for Well Being
– Connect with eachother enjoying a fitness class with others virtually
-Ability to connect with Adam and ask any questions you may have regarding the class

Class will be held through the ZOOM platform, when you register, you will receive a link in your email to access the class. You must register for the class to get the password and link. Class will be every Thursday and each class will require a new registration. Visit our online events calendar at buncombecounty.org/library and select the Thursday dates you’d like to attend, click sign up, and check your email for an automatic message with the Zoom information.

Tai Chi is appropriate for children, but we insist that an adult participate with the child. Class is fit for the entire family!
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Asheville Outlets will host a blood donation drive in partnership with the American Red Cross on Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23, 2020 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day inside the Food Court.

Donors are asked to register in advance by visiting RedCrossBlood.org/give and entering the sponsor code Ashevilleoutlets. The American Red Cross will establish additional safety guidelines to ensure all donors are socially distanced.

Donating blood products is essential to community health and eligible donors are strongly urged to
donate blood, platelets, or AB Elite plasma. The Red Cross only collects blood from individuals who are
healthy and feeling well at the time of donation – and who meet other eligibility requirements.
At each blood drive or donation center, Red Cross employees follow thorough safety protocols, including:
 Wearing gloves and changing them often.
 Wiping down donor-touched areas after every collection.
 Using sterile collection sets for every donation.
 Preparing the arm for donation with aseptic scrub.
 Conducting donor mini physicals to ensure donors are healthy and well on day of donation.
We have also increased our vigilance concerning some of these safety protocols including:
 Enhanced disinfecting of surfaces and equipment.
 Providing hand sanitizer for use before entering and throughout the donation appointment.
 Temperature checks before presenting donors enter the blood drive or donation center.
 Following social distancing practices between donors including donor beds, as well as waiting and
refreshment areas.
 During this time, blankets typically used by platelet, Power Red and AB Elite donors at Red Cross blood
donation centers will be laundered after each use, which may limit the availability. Donors are
encouraged to bring their own blankets, but electric blankets and heating pads are not permitted.
 Staff wearing basic face masks.
To ensure our staff are healthy each day, we have implemented standard staff health assessments prior to all
blood drives.  Finally, only eligible and healthy people can give blood.  These mitigation measures will help
ensure blood recipient safety, as well as staff and donor safety in reducing contact with those who may
potentially have this respiratory infection.

Stories, songs, and more! We have launched the first two days of our new online programming schedule that anyone can enjoy! And even better – it’s all free! Our first episode of ACT Reads – Storytime featured actor and educator Bradshaw Call reading “A Color of His Own.” ACT Reads – Storytime will feature a different book and different reader each week! We are so excited to feature so many of your wonderful faces, voices, and talents in this new programming that we’re sharing! Still to come this week: Thursday at 11 – Backstage Pass: Amanda and Chanda clear up the mysteries about stage directions! Thursday at 7:30 – Face with a Name: Get to know Technical Director Jill Summers Friday at 11:00 – ACT Reads – A Chapter at a Time: Actor and educator John Hall reads the first chapter of Peter and the Starcatchers!  And then we’ll end the week with our popular ACT Happy Hour Watch Party on our Facebook page! Find this content on our Facebook page, Instagram TV or our YouTube channel!

Last week, we offered an online version of our Youth Improv class taught by Chris Martin! We had 27 students in two classes – and it was so much fun, we’re doing it again! Youth Improv – Online Version: Thursday, April 23 Session One: 3:30-4:15 pm Session Two: 4:15-5:00 pm If you have a child between 8 and 12 who’d like to give improv a whirl, you can try this class for free! Email Amanda Klinikowski, our Education Director, and she will send you all the details!

Last week, we offered an online version of our Youth Improv class taught by Chris Martin! We had 27 students in two classes – and it was so much fun, we’re doing it again! Youth Improv – Online Version: Thursday, April 23 Session One: 3:30-4:15 pm Session Two: 4:15-5:00 pm If you have a child between 8 and 12 who’d like to give improv a whirl, you can try this class for free! Email Amanda Klinikowski, our Education Director, and she will send you all the details!

• We are so excited to feature so many of your wonderful faces, voices, and talents in this new programming that we’re sharing! Still to come this week: Thursday at 11 – Backstage Pass: Amanda and Chanda clear up the mysteries about stage directions! Thursday at 7:30 – Face with a Name: Get to know Technical Director Jill Summers Friday at 11:00 – ACT Reads – A Chapter at a Time: Actor and educator John Hall reads the first chapter of Peter and the Starcatchers!  And then we’ll end the week with our popular ACT Happy Hour Watch Party on our Facebook page!

  Find this content on our Facebook page, Instagram TV or our YouTube channel!

New Online Programming! Starting Monday, April 20, we’re launching online programming that anyone can enjoy! And even better – it’s all free! Find this content on Facebook, Instagram or Youtube! Mondays 11:00 am – My ACT Memory – the craziest, most wonderful, or unbelievable things that have happened at ACT 7:30 pm – Movie Monday! We’ll watch a movie together using Netflix Party! Tuesdays 11:00 am – ACT Reads: Storytime (for Young Children) 7:30 pm – Living Room Cabaret – A mini-concert from 3 local performers! Wednesdays Watch for our next e-newsletter! Thursdays 11:00 am – Backstage Pass with Amanda and Chanda 7:30 pm – Face With a Name: Brief Interviews with Fascinating People Fridays 11:00 am – ACT Reads: A Chapter at a Time (for Older Kids) 5:00 pm – #ACTHappyHour Watch Party on Facebook