CRAIG COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – The pandemic has impacted everybody indirectly and that reaches even additional into rural communities. That’s why United Method of Roanoke Valley and organizations hosted a group remembrance occasion to honor those that have died but additionally have a good time how far this group has come.
“We’re hopefully offering a possibility for the group to come back collectively and take a breath submit pandemic to take inventory of what we have now nonetheless on this group,” stated Leslie Clark, director of household well being methods for United Method of Roanoke Valley.
24 Craig County residents have handed away on account of COVID-19 since 2020. Clark stated the pandemic has hit small communities particularly laborious the previous few years.
“We simply actually need to take a second to have a good time small communities, to have a good time all that small communities have to supply and their togetherness and their closeness.”
Craig County residents like Sheila Hypes additionally shared their emotional and highly effective tales of dropping family members. Hypes husband of greater than 40-years misplaced his battle with COVID.
It was a time to consider how resilient the Craig County group is and persevering with to come back collectively in instances of want.
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