What People Are Doing to Help Homebound Seniors—and How You Can Too

So he created a Google form on which at-risk neighbors can list the grocery items and medications they need, then posted it to several local Facebook groups in his hometown of Mequon, Wis., offering to deliver the items. The pre-med student, who moved back home after the University of Wisconsin-Madison shifted to distance learning, wears gloves when he shops and leaves the bags on the front porch of recipients’ homes. He asks that people reimburse him for the items using Venmo or PayPal, but since many of the seniors he is shopping for don’t use digital payment apps, they slip an envelope of cash beneath the door.