Help During COVID-19
At KenCrest, we continue our mission of community inclusion and high-quality care for those we support during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are providing essential residential services to more than 595 adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and those that are medically fragile, in community living settings across Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, as well as over 100 adults in Delaware and Connecticut.
Please see below for a variety of ways you can help KenCrest, our staff, and those we support during this time.
Direct Donation
Making a donation directly though our secured website is the fastest and easiest way to help us at this time. Your gift will help support critical needs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to make your gift now.
Amazon Wish List
We have created a wish list on Amazon for donors to purchase items we need during this unprecedented time. Please click here to view our list. Items purchased will be sent directly to KenCrest and we will distribute them to our program locations. These items include cleaning products, personal protective equipment, and activities for those we serve to do while following social distancing guidelines.
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Supply Needs
Although we have not run out yet, due to supply back orders and delayed shipping times across the country, KenCrest is turning to our community for donations of critical items to continue keeping our staff and those we serve safe and healthy. If you or anyone you know would like to donate any of these items, please email safety4kc@kencrest.org.
Items we need:
- Thermometers – sublingual or ear/forehead
- Bleach
- Empty plastic spray bottles
- Masks (see more on masks below)
- Vinyl gloves (size L and XL)
- Gowns
- Disinfecting wipes
- Hand sanitizer
- Technical devices for individuals to connect with telehealth, therapists, and social networks (tablets, iPhones)
- Activities to do at home: board games, art supplies, etc.
Masks
We are in need of masks to keep our front line staff, as well as our clients safe during this time. KenCrest is taking donations
of paper or hand-sewn masks.
If you or someone you know would like to donate any quantity, please mail to:
KenCrest
Attn: Development
960A Harvest Drive, Suite 100
Blue Bell, PA 19422
Or to drop off/arrange pickup: Please email safety4kc@kencrest.org and we will arrange a time to take a curbside, no-contact delivery at our offices in Blue Bell or have a staff person assigned to pick them up from you.
How to Make Masks
Here are two videos on how to masks:
On behalf of the clients who rely on us every day, we thank you for your support of KenCrest during this pandemic!
