Warrior Helpers
This site is a portal linking volunteers with local COVID-19 needs. Get information, be inspired, collaborate with friends and neighbors, and get moving — anyone can work from home and make an impact today.
Find helpful videos, instructions, and a form to contact us if you are a maker to help support your efforts to make masks, caps, face shields, booties and more for yourself, family, friends, and for donations. Please join our Facebook Group to connect as well. Thank you for everything you are doing! We are here with you.
Campaigns
DIY Masks Distributed
and growing!
3200
Campaigns Completed
Thank you!
36
DIY Caps Distributed
and growing!
1400
DIY Face Shields Distributed
over
2000
Ear Savers Distributed
over
1425
Thanks for all you are doing and keep up the great work!
Seniors Called
over 2000 calls made and over 400 masks distributed
Thank you to our community for coming together to support each other!
New campaigns added regularly as new needs are identified. Need help? Know someone who needs help? Have an idea for a campaign? Want to volunteer? Please email: warriorhelpers20@gmail.com.
We have lots of requests that are coming in every day. Many nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities and other front line workers are contacting us daily and we would love to help them all
Click on Organization Name for further instructions and how to pick up/drop off. Click on categories to see all organizations with a need for these items.
CURRENT LOCAL CAMPAIGNS WITH URGENT NEED
Materials for Makers
Needs: Fabric, Elastic, Plastic, and More!
Wilton Social Services
Needs: Food Pantry Items needed – ongoing
Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corp
Needs: Donations to their website or GoFundMe for Food
MORE WAYS TO HELP
Masks for Heroes
Needs: Distributing Level 1 surgical masks at cost with supporting donations. Masks are obtained for less than $1 dollar per mask
Plasma
Needs: Are you a recovered COVID-19 patient? The American Red Cross is seeking donations of plasma from recovered patients.
CAMPAIGNS COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Family and Children’s Agency
Needs: 76 DIY Masks, 200 Shields
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Brightview Senior Living – Norwalk
Needs: 75 DIY Masks, 75 Ear Savers
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Stratford Visiting Nurses
Needs: 40 DIY Masks
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Pacific House Rescue Shelter
Needs: 300 DIY Masks, 50 Shields
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
White Plains Hospital
Needs: 50 DIY Masks, 50 DIY Caps, 50 Ear Savers
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Yale New Haven Hospital
Needs: 50 DIY Caps, 50 Ear Savers
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Westchester Hospital – Cardiothoracic ICU
Needs: 10 DIY Masks, 50 DIY Caps, 58 Ear Savers. COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Waterbury Hospital
Needs: 200 DIY Masks, 205 DIY Caps, 200 Ear savers
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Notre Dame Nursing Home in Norwalk
Needs: 140 Masks, 70 Caps and 50 Shields, 280 buttons
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Norwalk Community Health Clinic
Needs: 30 DIY Masks, 30 Ear Savers COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Bridgeport Rescue Mission
Needs: 80 DIY Masks.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Laurel Ridge Senior Facility
Needs: 260 DIY Masks, 130 DIY Caps, 130 Ear Savers.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Park City Health Clinic – Bridgeport
Needs: 20 DIY Masks, 50 Face Shields.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Atria-Spring Valley – Stratford
Needs: 150 Masks. Connected to a fellow Warrior Helper who gave 800 surgical masks.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Wilton Social Services – Masks
Needs: 147 DIY sewn masks to distribute through social services. COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Food Drive
Needs: Food Drive – Sunday, May 3rd, 1:00 – 3:00 PM – OLF Parking Lot – Drive By Drop Off
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Needs: 170 DIY Caps, 200 DIY Face Masks, 200 Face Shields, 190 Ear Savers. COMPLETE – THANK YOU!
Yale New Haven Hospital
Needs: 110 DIY Sewn Caps, 118 Ear Savers. COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Handwritten Thank You Notes
Needs: Handwritten Thank You Notes
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Stamford Hospital
Needs: Hydration, Snacks. UPDATE – COMPLETE – THANK YOU!
Stamford Hospital
Needs: 150 DIY Masks, 202 DIY Caps, 310 Ear Savers.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Norwalk Hospital ER
Needs: 100 DIY Sewn Masks, 233 DIY Sewn Caps, 139 Ear Savers.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Bridgeport Hospital
Needs: 50 DIY Sewn Masks, 50 DIY Sewn Caps.
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
Warriors’ Frontline Appreciation
Needs: Donations to purchase meals
COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
PPE For All – Face Shield Drive
Needs: Face Shield Makers for shields to distribute to Danbury, Norwalk, Stamford, Greenwich Hospitals.
ALL FACE SHIELD DRIVES COMPLETED – THANK YOU!
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Inspirations
In the News – GMW – In Troubled Times, ‘Warrior Helpers’ Shows the Best Side of Wilton [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
There’s no organization that better represents what Wilton has become during the coronavirus pandemic than Warrior Helpers, a grassroots group of Wilton residents who are working together to identify the many needs in the community during a time of crisis and match them with people who have stepped up to volunteer and help others. More..
Thank you!
Thank you to all of those who have helped!
News
- Wilton Social Services
- Other Resources: Wilton Public Schools, Wilton Youth Council, The Hub: Behavioral Health Action Organization for Southwestern CT, Wilton Library, Get some exercise and explore Wilton’s sidewalks and nature trails, Help a neighbor through Wilton Helping Hands.
WYC Covid-19 Resources:
- General Parenting Support
- Support for Parents of Children with Special Needs
- Wellness During Pandemic
- Mental Health and Recovery
- Substance Use, Addiction and Recovery
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. ‘ “
-Mr. ROGERS
