Wave your flag or make noise to show your support for our frontline healthcare workers.

Members of the community are being urged to proudly display their Canadian flags on their porches or windows of their homes to show their support for emergency workers; who include police, ambulance, fire, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers battling COVID-19.

“By showing our Canadian flags we are staying inside and standing in solidarity with frontline workers,” says Chris Korwin-Kuczynski, Chair of the Lakeshore Village BIA. “We are encouraging children to stay inside and make their own Canadian flags.”

He says emergency personnel are working long and stressful hours as they battle COVID-19.

BIA member Mike Lotakow says he will be taking out his flag to support the workers.

“It is a sign of respect,” Lotakow says. “We have to let them know that we appreciate all their hard work.”

Community residents are also self-distancing to make noise.

Shawn Griffiths, organizer of a noise-making event called ‘Shake the Shores,’ says the noise takes place at 7:30 p.m. every Saturday during the quarantine on the balconies of Humber Bay Shores, to recognize the work of brave health workers.

There is also ‘Lets Make Some Noise,’ which also takes place at 7:30 p.m. nightly on the porches and balconies of Long Branch to recognize the workers.

“We encourage you to step out for a few minutes, bang a pot, cheer or sing a song to thank our front line COVID-19 workers,” says Bill Zufelt, of the Long Branch Neighbourhood Association.