Dear Asheville JCC Community,
We have been closely tracking new developments around COVID-19 and following updates from the Buncombe County Health Department, National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and JCC Association of North America. As of today, Buncombe County Health Department has posted that there are no presumptive positive or confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Buncombe County.
Our leadership staff are assessing the situation daily, and we are preparing to make additional changes should the situation evolve to a point when that would be necessary and prudent. In the meantime, we are taking these extra measures to help everyone stay healthy and to minimize the spread of transmittable diseases, including COVID-19:
- Our janitorial crew will disinfect door knobs and light switches daily.
- Shalom and JCC Kids staff currently disinfect surfaces multiple times per day, and will be doing so even more frequently than usual.
- While viruses like COVID-19 and the flu cannot survive in pool water, our aquatics staff will disinfect reception and locker room surfaces multiple times per day.
- We are purchasing additional supplies to ensure that all staff have access to the supplies necessary to disinfect surfaces more frequently.
- We will be making sure that all of our program participants engage in frequent and proper hand-washing, and we will remind them about proper usage of tissues and their disposal.
- We have displayed posters from the CDC reminding all staff, members, and families to maintain safe hand hygiene practices.
- We will be adding additional hand sanitizer stations in all three buildings.
As the JCC staff works hard in these ways, there are steps that you can take to aid in our efforts to promote and maintain a healthy environment here at the JCC:
- Stay home when you are sick, especially if you have experienced flu-like symptoms.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or a flexed elbow when coughing or sneezing.
- Throw used tissues into a trash bin immediately after use.
- Make use of the hand sanitizer provided in the JCC’s buildings.
- Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly.
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
- Avoid touching your face, nose, and mouth.
The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently advise against any non-essential travel to a number of countries. Anyone who has traveled to an area where COVID-19 is active, or who have been exposed to anyone with COVID-19, should be monitored and self-quarantine for 14 days. As such, they should not participate in JCC programming. Please click here for more information about international travel.
Thank you for helping us keep our community safe and healthy!
L’shalom,
Ashley
PS: If you have children who are feeling anxious about what they are hearing, the following article is a tool you can use to talk with your children about COVID-19: Talking Tools for Parents.
