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Coronavirus: West Island non-profits struggle amid pandemic
Janet Ellerbeck, who’s in charge of both stores, says she’s lost about half of her volunteers as a result of the pandemic.“I don’t have the normal girls who used to work their shifts,” she said. “Some of them have husbands who aren’t well, so they’re scared they’re going to get their husbands sick.”NOVA Hudson is a charitable, non-profit organization that receives no federal or provincial funding.It relies on donations to run its stores, and all of the proceeds go to provide nursing care to patients in the community.Ellerbeck says the pandemic has done a number on the stores.