Sing, ring a bell or clang an old pot.

South Etobicoke residents are joining others in banging pots and making noise in a show of support to our stressed-out frontline healthcare and emergency workers battling COVID-19.

There are noise-making activities that are taking place in Long Branch and Humber Bay Shores that needs the support of the community.

Humber Bay Shores resident Shawn Griffiths is reminding everyone of a ‘Shake the Shores’ event that takes place every Saturday from the balconies of the Lakeshore Blvd. W. and Parklawn Rd. area condo towers.

Griffiths say the next ‘Lets turn it up’ noisemaker is on Saturday April 25, from 7:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., for those in quarantine of self-isolation to ring bells, sing and make noise from their balconies to support our nurses, doctors and other emergency workers.

The last Shake the Shores attracted more than 100 people who tuned in to an i-Phone “community speaker sync” for three-songs. You will feel better after letting it all out.

“We are trying to help flatten the curve,” he says. “This Saturday will be amazing if we get the same level of participation.”

We saw a lot of people on their balconies cheering, dancing and singing along despite technical difficulties, Griffiths says.

Other balcony events are planned for May 2, 9, 16 and every Saturday during the quarantine. For more details www.shaketheshores.com

Similar noise-making events are also taking place nightly in Long Branch at  7:30 p.m., in which residents are asked to step out to their porches to ‘bang a pot, cheer or sing a song’ to thank our front-line workers battling COVID-19.

Contact Bill Zufelt, of the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, by email for further information at longbranchnato@gmail.com

There are also reports of residents belting out the Canadian anthem every morning in the Long Branch area. Let us know if you have similar events in your community at thesouthetobicokenews@gmail.com