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Dear Friend,
Join County, State, and Federal Officials tomorrow, Thursday, April 2nd at 9 AM for the announcement of the Prince George's County COVID-19 Business Relief Fund and an overview of other available resources for County businesses. You can join, Here.
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For the latest updates, County residents can visit the County Health Department’s dedicated coronavirus web page: https://tinyurl.com/PGCcoronavirus. If you have any questions or concerns, you can also call the Prince George’s County Health Department coronavirus hotline at (301) 883-6627 to receive updated information about the coronavirus disease. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
National Census Day is TODAY, April 1st! Complete your Census online at www.my2020Census.gov or by phone at 844-330-2020. We need every Prince Georgian to show that you are proud to be counted. Para español, haga clic aquí.
Unemployment Insurance (UI) is managed by the Maryland Department of Labor. We are encouraging everyone to file the claim online, here. This is your best chance for filing a UI claim. To ensure faster processing, the Maryland Department of Labor has recommended that claims be filed between 8 PM – 7 AM.
 
 The UM Prince George's Hospital Center personnel are in need of your help. If you have elastic bands (¼ inches in width), thread, sewing needles, or cotton fabric that you are willing to donate, please let us know. Your unused materials will go towards the effort to make face masks for staff.
To help, simply reply to this email or send an email to councildistrict1@co.pg.md.us and one of the members of your District One team will pick-up. We ask you package the materials in a resalable plastic bag and place the bag in your mailbox or outside your door. Learn more about the District 1 Sewing Project, here. We are not accepting rubber bands.
Prince George's County Public Schools will begin distance learning on April 14th. To learn more about distance learning plans and Chromebook distribution, visit https://www.pgcps.org/coronavirus/continuity-learning/. Please note that under Maryland’s new stay-at-home order, picking up meals, digital devices and instructional materials necessary for distance learning is permitted.
 Ten new elementary school sites will be open for meals starting Monday, March 30. New meal sites include Bradbury Heights, Brandywine, Carrollton, Glassmanor, Hollywood, James McHenry, Ridgecrest, Riverdale, Robert Frost and Woodridge.
Three sites have been closed due to low participation: J. Frank Dent and Longfields elementary schools and Benjamin Stoddert Middle School.
Students may get a free sack meal at one of the following D1 locations:
- Buck Lodge Middle School
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
- Calverton Elementary School
- Laurel Elementary School
As always, please contact me at councildistrict1@co.pg.md.us or (301) 952-3887, if I can assist. To receive real time updates, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Sincerely,
Thomas E. Dernoga
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