THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 22, 2020 Page 9 Afterschool program donates food for Everett children nity partners by contributing nutritious snacks to complement their existing meal distribution,” said FKO Executive Director Deborah Kneeland Keegan. “We are grateful to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program for allowing FKO to open our food contract to support our essential food providers in the city.” Members of the Facilities Department and Rana Wehbe drop off snack packs to Lucy Pineda and LUMA to be distributed to children in Everett. (Photo Courtesy of the City of Everett) F or Kids Only Afterschool (FKO) is providing the city of Everett with snack packs to be distributed to children in need in Everett. “I want to thank the For Kids Only Afterschool Program for their generosity. This is a challenging time for many families, and it is reassuring to see organizations stepping up to the challenges facing us to make sure kids and those facing hunger are fed,” said Mayor Carlo DeMaria. FKO will provide the Eliot Family Resource Center in Everett with 1,000 snack packs to be distributed to children in need who are living in Everett, ages one to 18, and 600 snack packs for Latinos Unidos en Massachusetts (LUMA).Each snack pack contains enough USDA-approved snacks for seven days; half of the snacks are fruits and the other half ranges from granola bars and graham crackers, milk and yogurt. FKO employees have been putting together the snack packs for the children since May 18 at the Youth in Motion facility in Revere. “FKO is incredibly proud to support the tireless efforts of the city of Everett and our dedicated commuCOVID-19: How Everett compares to neighboring communities O ver the past week, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Everett increased from 1,366 to 1,474 – an 8 percent increase, according to the latest weekly city/ town cases available Wednesday. With a rate of 3,036.90 per 100,000, the city has the fourth highest rate among communities in the state. People are able to compare the number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Everett to those in neighboring cities and towns as well as communities of similar size by going to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) website at https://www.mass. gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting, then click on COVID-19 cases by city/ town. Here’s how nine other area communities compare to Everett: Lynn: 3,117 cases, 3,089.10 per 100,000. Revere: 1,506 cases, 2,472.24 per 100,000. Eve r e t t: 1,474 c ases , 3,036.90 per 100,000. Malden: 1,053 cases, 1,455.27 per 100,000. Peabody: 877 cases, 1,572.65 per 100,000. Saugus: 480 cases, 1,688.63 per 100,000. Wakefield: 286 cases, 1,059.07 per 100,000. Melrose: 216 cases, 746.83 per 100,000. Reading: 270 cases, 982.39 per 100,000. Lynnfield: 87 cases, 746.84 per 100,000. Statewide totals: 88,970 cases, 1,277.06 per 100,000. (Data compiled by DPH and made public as of May 20, 2020, count and rate [per 100,000] of confirmed COVID-10 cases in Massachusetts by city/town, January 1, 2020–May 20, 2020.) On its website, the DPH noted that the rate specifying the number of cases per 100,000 “provides a standardized way to compare the burden of disease in cities and towns regardless of the size of their population.” The DPH stressed “these are reported cases only.”
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