June 5, 2020 - During the COVID-19 Pandemic, healthcare workers of all qualifications have been the main frontline response to caring for those with the illness as well as protecting from the virus the most vulnerable who are already living under a nurses care.
Healthcare workers are the ones we turn to when we can't take care of ourselves and their dedication to their job are some of the greatest sacrifices there have been.
In honor of those healthcare workers, local businesses, organizations and residents gathered together for a multi-venue Healthcare Worker Appreciation Parade.
All participants gathered on the Ivan Smith parking lot from which the procession led by the Shelby County Sheriff's Department traveled to the following locations: Holiday Nursing Center, Focused Care of Center, Cline Family Medicine, Aurora Concepts, Nacogdoches Medical Center - Shelby Emergency Department, Pine Grove Nursing Center, Lakeside Village Assisted Living, Dialysis Clinic Incorporated (DCI), Golden Eye Clinic, Vision Source, Hope Community Medicine, and Nelson Family Practice.
The parade participants wanted these healthcare workers and all the healthcare professionals in Shelby to know just how much we all appreciate what they do, saving our lives every day.
A special shout out to Hospice Care and Home Health workers, many of whom were in the parade of vehicles even though they themselves are healthcare workers. They are always willing to support their fellow healthcare workers in the various fields. Driving in the parade was A Pineywoods Home Health, Affinity Hospice, Heart to Heart Hospice and Heart's Way Hospice.
