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Local organizations and people are coming together to offer assistance to those in our community affected by COVID-19.

While as of now we have no cases of COVID-19 in Park County, Livingston Health Care has an Emergency Response Fund to help address the emergency or disaster related medical needs of our community. The website also shares ways you can help and things to do to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Livingston area churches are offering assistance with food delivery, grocery shopping and laundry services! Find out more at coronahelplivingston.com

The Livingston Food Pantry is offering food boxes. If you can volunteer or if you need food assistance contact them for more information. No one should go without food.

Bozeman Healthcare has also set up a community fund. Locals in Bozeman have created a place where people who are elderly or immunocompromised can be matched with volunteers who can help them by running errands or going grocery shopping.

HRDC and the American Red Cross are also offering assistance and taking donations.

Get all the information and find links to these organizations in this article provided by XL Country radio.

Together we will get through this! We hope you and your family stay safe and healthy!

The past week has been full of changes like we’ve never seen before. Our government is taking unprecedented actions to keep us all safe amid the spreading Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. We are all encouraged to practice social distancing, schools have been closed sending millions of kids home where in many households parents are also home now unable to work or working from home. While I am helping kids finish schoolwork in the morning, the fact that we can’t just head to one of our usual activities like bowling, skiing, baseball practice or ballet or even visit our friends, begs us to ask the question “How do we keep ourselves and our kids entertained during this time?”

1. Learn a new skill: Take up crochet or knitting. Order supplies from amazon.com or michaels.com. Google you tube videos to learn. One thing you might consider is crocheting cotton washcloths to wash dishes with if you use disposable sponges.
2. YouTube videos to learn how to play an instrument or a new language. Or checkout duolingo.com and become fluent in another language.
3. YouTube a yoga class and do it with your kids, dog or cats!
4. Take a walk with the kids. If you’re in snow country, build a snowman or a snow-family. Have a snowball fight. Practice your batting swing with snowballs.
5. Order takeout and support your favorite restaurants. I am personally loving the option to order food and pickup curbside!
6. Draw something. Pinterest is full of how to draw tutorials. I’m no great artist by my youngest love it when I draw something we find on Pinterest then they color it.
7. Clean out your closets, cabinets, garage. Get ready for an epic garage sale season.
8. Teach your dog a new trick, sit, roll over, play dead, shake…Montana Dog Company is offering online training courses!
9. Visit the national parks online and through documentaries offered on Netflix.
10. Plan a vacation. Research a route, places to stay and things to do for a road trip so you’re ready to go when traveling is allowed again.
11. Write letters to your family…the old fashioned way. Have the kids draw pictures and help them write notes to their grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Put it in an envelope with a real live stamp and mail it! The people on the other end will love getting a little something special in the mail.
12. Read a book aloud with your family then watch the movie for family movie night!
13. Start crafting. Joann.com and Michaels.com has lots of ideas, projects and online classes to join in the fun. You can even order supplies and pick them up curbside.
14. Go for a drive. Get out of the house and take a drive. Play the ABC game: find all the letters in the alphabet while driving. letters could be on signs, buildings, license plates etc.
15. Visit a museum…virtually Southern Living compiled a list of 12 museums offering virtual tours
16. Visit a zoo like the live feed at the Sidney Zoo

We may be restricted in what we can do beyond our homes or in activities that we just recently enjoyed, but we can find joy and entertainment in new ways. Who knows, maybe you’ll find that you enjoy life even more!

Dear Tenants
In response to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) we are making a few changes for the safety of everyone in our community. We are still here to help you with all your storage needs, however, our office will closed to the public. Please call or email us if you need any assistance, need to rent a unit, or make a payment.

1. While our office is closed to the public, we will continue to monitor the facility daily and we will be working both in the office and from home. We will continue to be available for you Monday-Friday 10-4:30. Access to your unit will remain unchanged and you can visit your storage unit 24/7.
2. How to pay your rent? If you are on autopay, you do not need to do anything. Your rent payment will continue to be processed automatically as usual.
3. You can call us with your payment, drop it in the box by the door, and mail it. This is a great time to set up pay online or autopay. If you are interested in setting up Online Pay or Auto Pay, please give us a call during regular office hours 10-4:30 Monday-Friday or email us and we’ll reach out to you.

This is a challenging time for all of us, but together we will make it through. Learn more about what you can do to protect yourself and others from Coronavirus at the CDC website. Continue to wash your hands, practice social distancing, stay home if you don’t need to go outside or are feeling ill.

Please continue to visit this page for continued updates related to the Coronavirus and your storage needs, tips and ideas for ways to beat homebound boredom, activities for your kids, and other related information during this ever changing situation.

Thank you for understanding that while our office doors may be closed, we are still here to help you and will continue to work to provide the same level of service to all our tenants. We hope you and your family remain safe and healthy!

Sincerely,
Maranda Lee
Manager
Allied Storage LLC
406-222-2101
PO Box 2501
Livingston MT 59047
Alliedstoragemt@gmail.com