Pictures of Summerton and the Surrounding Santee Cooper Lake Country

The following are selected pictures from the town of Summerton and the surrounding Santee Cooper Lake Country in South Carolina.

More Americans Turning to Power of Prayer During COVID-19 Crisis

More and more Americans are turning to the power of prayer during the current COVID-19 crisis. While the new coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many churches closing their doors in the name of social distancing, that is not stopping tens of millions of Americans from increasingly turning to the power of prayer.

Many of the prayers by fellow Americans are very targeted – aimed at the many brave and dedicated health care workers and front line employees treating patients and keeping the flow of food, medicine, and other needed goods going. The following are some of the recent published articles on this topic:

• Majority of Americans Praying 'for an End' to Coronavirus Pandemic, Pew Research Says
• Hundreds Circle Georgia Hospital in Their Cars to pray for Workers Battling Coronavirus
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nurses Pray over Hospital amid Coronavirus Pandemic 
• Risking Their Bodies to Pray for Souls Priests Answer the Call Amid Coronavirus
• 'We Need Prayer': MSNBC Host Asks T.D. Jakes to Pray for Nation on Live TV
• Google searches for ‘Prayer’ skyrocket Around the World amid Coronavirus Outbreak

• Residents Cheer and Pray for Health Care Workers at Treasure Coast Hospitals amid COVID-19

• Members Gather Outside Murrells Inlet Church in SC to Offer Prayers for Health Care Workers at Tidelands Health amid Coronavirus Crisis

There are many more stories emerging every day about people across America and around the world praying for health care workers, patients, frontline employees at grocery stores, pharmacies, and other businesses working to keep us all safe.

Share any other related stories about te power of prayers during the current VOVID-19 crisis with our readers.

Americans Responding to the COVID-19 Situation - The Good News

So many positive things now happening across the US in the midst of the COVID-19 situation - at the federal, state and local levels, in the public and private sectors, non-profits, and academia. For example:

• Publix is buying excess milk and produce from farmers and donating it to Food Banks 
• "‘No layoffs’ — Bank of America CEO doesn’t want workers worrying about jobs during coronavirus crisis". Many companies stepping up to the challenge.  
• More than 40 employees lived and worked at their manufacturing plant for 28 days straight to make material to protect US health care workers
• Ford plans to produce 50,000 Ventilators over the next 100 days 
• Lowe's giving employees a $2 pay raise and donating masks to healthcare workers
• Christian CEO of My Pillow Says Company Will Shift 75 Percent of Production to Make Medical Masks
• 50-person team, led by Cornell engineers, using open-source design to 3D-print face shields for medical workers. Ramping up production to 500-1,000 face shields a day.
• One Way to Help Strapped Hospitals? Print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Using 3D Printer 
• Duke researchers are decontaminating N95 masks so doctors can reuse them to treat coronavirus patients
• They used to make MLB uniforms. Now they're making medical masks and gowns
• Abbott wins U.S. approval for a test that can detect coronavirus in minutes, plans to begin distributing the test next - up to 50,000 tests per day
• U.S. ventilator makers, like BreathDirect, pull out all stops to fight coronavirus
• Apple releases new COVID-19 app and website based on CDC guidance
• LifeWay creates online Sunday school alternative for kids as churches respond to coronavirus situation.
• Dyson has designed and built an entirely new ventilator in 10 days called the "CoVent" 
• Kroger announces ‘Hero Bonus’ for its  frontline grocery store employees
• Upstate SC church group sewing cloth masks to help stop spread of COVID19
• Novo Nordisk said it will offer insulin free of charge for 90 days to diabetes patients who lost health insurance coverage because they lost their jobs. 
• Stuck at home. Want to explore Green Technology and Tools, e.g. jobs, news, energy, consumer products... Explore the Summerton SC Green Technology and Tools web site
• Stuck at home? Experiment and learn more about Open Access and Open Source solutions on the Summerton Open Technology and Solutions web site 
• Nike donating over 30,000 pairs of shoes to health care workers amid COVID crisis

And the stories go on and on. So many other positive stories about hardworking American on the front line in hospitals, clinic, driving trucks and trains, working in grocery stores and warehouses, researchers and  software developers developing new solutions... a bipartisan Congress doing its job...It's amazing to watch America respond.

SC DHEC and Other Covid-19 Information Portals

Google says Coronavirus has become its biggest search topic this year. So, the company has launched a new Covid-19 Information Portal dedicated to providing reliable information about the pandemic as well as an improved search experience for desktop and mobile. The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has also established a site for those living in South Carolina.

The search experience is being continuously updated in response to people’s expanding and changing information needs. The new information portal provides the basic, most useful information about the coronavirus, its symptoms, plus many other key links and on-site options you might want to explore.

Go to the Google Covid-19 Information Portal

For those living in South Carolina, go to the DHEC Covid-19 Web Page 

 

SC DHEC Covid-19 Vaccine plans & appointments, go to DHEC Covid-19 Vaccinations

Visit data and maps of cases and deaths by county go to AccelerateSC

Also check out the Clarendon County Covid-19 Web Page

Finally, Apple has released a COVID-19 App and Web Site

* Also, see information and links on the Consumer Health page of the Summerton 'Open' Health web site.

 

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary in Summerton, SC

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 12-1 meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Summerton Fire Station on North Cantey Street in Summerton, South Carolina. Membership is open to any U.S. citizen age 17 or older. Previous service in the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is not required. 

The auxiliary's main objective is to promote safe recreational boating on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie by offering safe boating classes, courtesy vessel checks for required safety equipment and patrolling the lakes offering assistance to anyone in need. The auxiliary also stands ready to assist the USCG with their mission along with search and rescue. 

We encourage anyone interested in participating in our mission to attend a meeting and learn more about the auxiliary.