Within a week of Missouri reopening for business, coronavirus cases rose by nearly 11 percent. "If we want to reboot our economy, we need to practice prevention," say the Volunteer Ministers of the Church of Scientology St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, July 2, 2020 (Newswire.com) - New cases of COVID-19 in St. Louis have spiked since the city began relaxing restrictions. St. Louis Public Radio reports they have increased 80 percent. “Now is not the time to relax,” says a Scientologist taking part in a campaign to bring prevention materials to the people of St. Louis. “Just by applying the simple principles outlined in the How to Keep Yourself & Others Well booklet we can change this. What you do can affect so many people.”
Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology St. Louis handed out copies of “Stay Well” booklets to shops, businesses and residences. “The owner of one salon was super appreciative,” said a volunteer. She wanted to make sure she had copies of the booklets for all her clients.”
“By handling these out, I’m doing the right thing,” said a laundromat manager.
At one apartment complex, a woman expressed concern about neighbors. “They aren’t even doing the bare minimum that they need to do,” she said. She realized she could make a change by handing out the booklets door-to-door.
“We’ve never experienced something like this in our lifetime,” said one Volunteer Minister. “We can turn this around but that takes all of us as a community. Things like wearing a mask and social distancing can prevent the spread of the virus. Mayor Krewson announced yesterday that starting July 3, everyone has to wear a mask. If you don’t understand why, it can feel like someone is imposing something on you. That’s why I feel these booklets are so important.”
Each booklet has a QR code on the back that goes to the How to Stay Well Prevention Center on the Scientology website, which makes these and other prevention materials available, free of charge. The booklets can be read on the website or downloaded. More than a dozen brief videos illustrate the key information, making it easy to understand what a virus is and how it spreads.
Distribution of these booklets began in May in communities around Scientology Churches and Missions across the globe. The Church of Scientology International Dissemination and Distribution Center made this possible by printing and shipping 5 million copies of Stay Well booklets.
The Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers program is a religious social service created in the mid-1970s by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard. It constitutes one of the largest and most visible international independent relief forces. The Volunteer Minister’s mandate is to be “a person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring purpose, truth and spiritual values to the lives of others.”
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Source: Church of Scientology International
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