Please note the Blood Drive at Highland Community College will STILL take place tomorrow, March 18!!
Blood donation is a safe process, and people should not hesitate to give and receive blood. At each blood drive, Red Cross employees follow thorough extensive safety protocols. In addition to our standard procedures, you will notice the following at your local blood drive:
Increased Educational Materials
- Donor educational materials on COVID-19
- Stop sign at entrances to avert ineligible donors from presenting.
Pre-Donation Donor Temperature Screening
- All donors will be asked to have their temperature taken before being permitted into the blood drive.
- If a donor has a temperature greater than 99.5 0F they will be asked to come back to donate when they are healthy and will be asked to leave the drive.
Enhanced Disinfecting
- Hand sanitizer will be available at check-in, health history and refreshment areas.
- Blood donors will be asked to use hand sanitizer prior to using tablets and laptops.
- Donor beds will be sanitized between each and every donor.
- Implementation of separated drive set up to allow as much distance as possible between donors_
Social Distancing
Staff Wellness and Protection
- All staff members will have a temperature check before presenting to work, and they've been asked not to come to work if they are feeling sick.
- Staff will wear gloves throughout entire blood drive, changing gloves between each and every donor.
Blood Donor Deferrals
Individuals are asked to postpone their donation for 28 days following:
- Travel to China and its special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau, Iran, Italy and South Korea
- Diagnosis of COVID-19, contact with a person who has or suspected to have the virus.
Ongoing Efforts
- The Red Cross is focused on coronavirus safety measures, we will continue to work with health agencies and partners to evaluate all emerging risks to ensure safety and availability of the U.S. blood supply for patients in need.
It is recommended that you make an appointment to help avoid large numbers of
walk-ins at one time. You can call the office at 785-442-6280
Bluestem Electric Cooperative's Annual Meeting that was previously scheduled for March 23, 2020 in Clay Center will be cancelled.
Dr. John McQuillen dental office will be closed until April 6, 2020 on recommendation from the ADA. We will be providing only urgent dental care during that time to try to keep people with dental pain from showing up at the hospital emergency room.
Landmark National Bank will be operating as "By Appointment Only" in the lobby for the near future. We will be encouraging the community to take advantage of our online services along with our ATM locations. Our drive-thru will also remain available if they still need to come to the bank.
Wamego Historical Society will be closed through the month of April.
Restaurants offering FREE DELIVERY SERVICE:
The Friendship House 785-456-9616
Kreem Kup 785-456-2555
Most current updates will be posted on their Facebook pages or please check their website.
Iron Clad is open for business but we are in what Darin calls phase 1 actions for our space regarding Coronavirus.
The Iron Clad Coworking community is doing what is responsible in these times to help flatten the curve. Please know that we are keeping in touch with what is going on from local initiatives all the way to watching what coworking spaces are doing around the world and tomorrow might look different than today.A number of events in our space have been canceled or rescheduled but coworking continues. You might have heard the term "remote work" and that is one of the things we specialize in helping people do.Current phase 1: We are still open for members and those with day passes and for meetings of 10 or less people in both our Wamego and Manhattan locations. If members aren't feeling well that have been asked to not come in at this time. We have increased the sanitizing we are doing, especially on things that get touched.For more information please contact us through our website or call 785-458-9403.
The Department of Commerce is working closely with the Kansas Department of Emergency Management (KDEM) to complete the required steps for requesting an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Declaration. As part of this process, KDEM needs to obtain information from small businesses that have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the COVID-19 disaster.
Background: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster incident period began 1/31/2020 and is ongoing. This means that businesses may look at loss beginning 1/31/2020. SBA is using the attached Estimated Disaster Economic Injury Worksheet For Businesses form to determine damages in support of a Declaration. This is the same form that used for this purpose during other disasters. An SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Declaration will rely on state certification that at least five small business have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the COVID-19 disaster. A declaration is for a primary county or counties, and will also include the contiguous counties as requested by KDEM. It is important that we gather forms from a businesses across the State.
Step 1: Businesses effected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster should complete the attached Estimated Disaster Economic Injury Worksheet For Businesses form in its entirety. The form will need to be printed out, completed, and then scanned.
Step 2: Save your scanned form using the following naming convention: County 2-letter abbreviation.companyname.date. For example, ABC Manufacturing located in Wyandotte county would use: WY.abcmanufacturing.17Mar2020
Step 3: Email a copy of your completed form to the Department of Commerce to [email protected]. You will received a confirmation email that the form has been received and forwarded to KDEM.
Additional information is available on the KDEM website: http://www.ksready.gov/
CONTACT JACK AT 785-456-9776 [email protected] OR [email protected]
Kara Holle, Tourism & Events Coordinator
Shanel Cole, Administrative Assistant
Wamego Area Chamber of Commerce
529 Lincoln Street, Wamego, KS, 66547wamegochamber.com | 785-456-7849
Hours of Operation: 8:30 - 2:30 pm, M-F until March 27th
8:30-4:30 pm M_F beginning March 30th