Helen Arase

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Long time no check-in

This update to the blog is overdue.

I’ve been busy! Good!

I’m working for the Alhambra Source, a non-profit community news site. We redesigned the website. Someday I’ll post the before and afters.

As the (only) multimedia reporter i’m making videos, photos, text, some graphic design – all that.

COVID-19 has been dominating our coverage.

I’ve started an abstracts photo project that I’m posting on my instagram story every day.

Some photos from the last couple of weeks at AS:

Computer distribution for Alhambra Unified students who need computers for distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic

Top: March, 2020, First Baptist Church of Alhambra packing food for food pantry. Serving 75-150 families.

Bottom: May, 2020, First Baptist packing/distributing food for food pantry. Serving 250-300 families.

Top: Pasadena’s mobile COVID-19 testing site at the Rose Bowl; for county residents. Used self-administered cheek swab.

Bottom: Alhambra’s COVID-19 mobile testing site at City Hall; for Alhambra residents. Nasal swab by registered nurses.