COVID-19… Coronavirus has shutdown the USA Being that NEWSCENE relies heavily on being able to go out into the community to report on the many positive things happening in Memphis and Shelby County and due to the ever-demanding restrictions that have closed most every location in the city and that of not being able to visit places (other than those places marked as ‘Essential’ services) where 10 or more are gathered, our future is, like most other businesses, questionable. We have a plan to circumvent these restrictions and we have already put it in place beginning with our May 2020 edition. We, along with most other non-essential businesses are at the mercy of God and the leaders of our world. We will struggle to continue to bring you interesting and relevant content concerning individuals living in and around Memphis and Shelby County. I know it is hard to consider throwing yourself under the bus, but since you yourself are an accomplished person, please allow us to share your story while we patiently wait for this modern-day, never before seen or imagined calamity to be put to sleep, hopefully to never surface again. Please do not leave us now. We need you and your financial support and online readership and sharing of our iLoveShelbyCounty. com website link efforts more now than ever before. Thanks! Volunteers worked from 11 am until after 1 pm on Saturday, March 21, 2020, loading boxes of everyday staples into vehicles in an attempt to ensure families with children had food in their homes. This was a commendable venture to undertake, especially since the Shelby County Schools meals were abruptly stopped when a Shelby County Nutritional Department worker tested positive for COVID -19 and the Superintendent shut everything down leaving thousands of children with no food knowing that the meals they receive during school hours are oftentimes the only nutritious meals they receive. The free event was held at Mt. Moriah East Baptist Church, 1248 Haynes Street, in Memphis, where the Rev. Dr. Melvin Charles Smith, a has been the Senior Pastor since 1967. Kudos to Rev. Dr. Melvin Charles Smith, his congregation, and all the volunteers who helped 400 families who needed food right here in Memphis, TN. 30
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